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UCSF First in State to Provide FDA-Approved CAR-T for Pediatric Cancer Patients
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco has been certified as the first medical center in California to provide CAR-T therapy for children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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UC Cancer Centers Join Forces To Fight One Of California’s Top Killers
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University of California Cancer Consortium Takes on California’s $14 Billion Killer
The University of California’s five academic cancer centers, have formed a consortium to better address California’s most pressing cancer-related problems and opportunities.
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Arthur Ablin, pioneering UCSF pediatric oncologist, dies
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UCSF Cancer Research Ranks Among the World’s Most Impactful, Analysis Shows
UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is consistently among the world's top five institutions producing the most impactful and utilized research.
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Gut Viruses Tied to Potentially Deadly Complication of Bone Marrow Transplant
A virus hiding quietly in the gut may trigger the onset of a severe complication known as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in patients who receive bone marrow transplants.
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Immune-Cell Numbers Predict Response to Combination Immunotherapy in Melanoma
Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance of certain white blood cells within their tumors, according to a new study.
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San Francisco’s Flavored Tobacco Law Rooted in Years of Research, Advocacy Work
San Francisco recently passed the country’s first outright ban on sales of flavored tobacco. It was supported by more than 15 years’ worth of research and national advocacy work by UCSF’s Valerie Yerger.
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Google Searches Could Help Track Cancer Incidence, Mortality
Google search volume across the United States could help fill in the gaps on cancer incidence and mortality data, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Molecular Test Identifies Breast Cancer Patients with Lowest Risk of Death
A molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer even 20 years after diagnosis and tumor removal, according to a new clinical study led by UCSF in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Shine Among Finest in 9 Specialties in 2017-18 Rankings
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, with campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, rank among the country’s best in nine specialties, according to U.S. News & World Report’s survey of 187 pediatric hospitals nationwide.
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Artificial Intelligence Melanoma Detector Wins Cancer Center Impact Grant
A proposal for an artificial intelligence-based skin cancer screening tool has won the 2017 Cancer Center Impact Grant, a $250,000 award to support high-risk, high-reward research projects that are unlikely to be funded by conventional sources.
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UCSF Study Reveals Longer Follow-Up Time for Asian-American Women After Abnormal Mammogram
Asian-American women are more likely to experience delays in follow-up treatment after an abnormal mammogram compared to white women, according to new UCSF research.
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New Cancer Treatments and Care to be Highlighted at 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting
Cancer specialists from UCSF will present new findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world’s largest clinical cancer research meeting.
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Colon Cancer Survivors Live Longer With Healthy Habits
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When Women Are Fully Informed about Pelvic Exams, Desire for the Exam Plummets
Providing healthy women with information about pelvic examinations, including a professional society’s strong recommendation against them, substantially decreases the patients’ desire for the exam.
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Eating Right and Exercising Could Reduce the Risk of Colon Cancer Coming Back
Colon cancer patients who have a healthy body weight, exercise regularly and eat a diet high in whole grains, fruits and vegetables have a significantly lower risk of cancer recurrence or death.
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Novel Surgical Technique Paves Way to Restoring Failing Organs
By piercing liver cells with rapid pulses of electricity, scientists at UC San Francisco have demonstrated an entirely new way to transplant cells into organs to treat disease.
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Scientists Identify Biomarkers to Guide Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
A test commonly used in breast cancer has been found to also identify which patients with aggressive prostate cancer will benefit from hormonal therapy.
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Low Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Found Among Mentally Ill
Women enrolled in California’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness have been screened for cervical cancer at much lower rates than other women.
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Federal Task Force Softens Opposition To Routine Prostate Cancer Screening
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Quest for Balance in Radiation Leads to Lower Doses
A new study led by UC San Francisco has found that radiation doses can be safely and effectively reduced – and more consistently administered – for common CT scans.
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Parental Smoking Linked to Genetic Changes Found in Childhood Cancer
Smoking by either parent helps promote genetic deletions in children that are associated with the development and progression of the most common type of childhood cancer, according to research headed by UCSF.
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Deworming Pill May Be Effective in Treating Liver Cancer
UCSF researchers have used data-mining computational tools to identify a treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, a cancer associated with underlying liver disease and cirrhosis that often only becomes symptomatic when it is very advanced.
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Cell Division Talk Takes Top Prize at 2017 UCSF Grad Slam
Christina Hueschen took home the top prize at this year’s UCSF Grad Slam competition for her talk titled “How to Build an Elephant.”
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UC Regents Approve Precision Cancer Medicine Building at Mission Bay
The Precision Cancer Medicine Building, which will provide outpatient cancer care to complement services at the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, was approved this week by the University of California Board of Regents.
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UCSF's $275M cancer center set to break ground in Mission Bay next month
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When is it OK not to treat cancer?
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Holds Free Mock Trial: Is Mammography a Good Value?
UCSF physicians are holding a free mock trial to debate the health and financial value of mammography.