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- Media Coverage
- July 9, 2019
- Breakthrough
Breakthrough: A Visionary Quest to Find a Cure for Cancer

This documentary, about “a renegade scientist’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer,” features immunologist James Allison, PhD, a residency alumnus and a former member of the UCSF and UC Berkeley faculties. Allison overcame many obstacles en route to his discovery of the immune system’s role in defeating cancer – work that won him a 2018 Nobel Prize. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, the film includes interviews with several current UCSF researchers, including Max Krummel, PhD, who as a graduate student in Allison’s UC Berkeley lab led several of the key studies recognized by the Nobel.
- Research
- July 5, 2019
Scientists Discover Autoimmune Disease Associated with Testicular Cancer

Using advanced technology, scientists have discovered an autoimmune disease that appears to affect men with testicular cancer.
- Research
- July 2, 2019
A Decade of Research Sharpens View of Brain Tumor Genetics, Causes

Today, our understanding of glioma subtypes has expanded to include the molecular and genetic variants that can influence a tumor’s development, prognosis, and response to treatment.
- Campus News
- June 20, 2019
UCSF Unveils Cancer Building Devoted to Precision Medicine

UCSF is opening a pioneering cancer center devoted to providing adult patients with highly advanced treatments, including immunotherapy, genetic counseling, molecular profiling of tumors, fully integrated clinical trials, and advanced imaging.
- Campus News
- June 19, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Hosts Media Tour of New Cancer Building

UCSF Health is opening a pioneering Precision Cancer Medicine Building devoted to bringing together the leading science with patient-centered care to provide patients with the most advanced, personalized treatments.
- Media Coverage
- May 15, 2019
- Yahoo
You Might Have Sunscreen In Your Blood - But Don't Freak Out Just Yet
- Media Coverage
- May 8, 2019
- Philadelphia Inquirer
Anal cancer is on the rise, especially in women. Should they be screened?
- Campus News
- May 4, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY: Free Skin Cancer Screening Clinic at UCSF

The UCSF Department of Dermatology is holding its annual free skin cancer screening clinic for the community.
- Media Coverage
- April 18, 2019
- ABC News
23andMe gene test might falsely reassure some people of breast cancer risk: Study
- Research
- April 18, 2019
‘Super-Hero’ Stem Cells Survive Radiation to Regrow Muscles

Newly discovered radiation-resistant stem cells are normally rare and inactive (left), but they take on a major role in muscle repair when regular stem cells are damaged by radiation (right). Credit:
- Campus News
- April 17, 2019
Three Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

UC San Francisco cancer biologist Alan Ashworth, PhD, structural biologist Yifan Cheng, PhD, and molecular physiologist Holly Ingraham, PhD, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and
- Media Coverage
- April 16, 2019
- The New York Times
Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns
- Patient Care
- April 15, 2019
Making Better Pediatric Chemo Treatments, and Delivering Them to More Children

Janel Long-Boyle, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy's Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has spent her career advancing lifesaving drugs.
- Patient Care
- April 15, 2019
UCSF Study Aims to Increase Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials

UC San Francisco is collaborating with the nonprofit Lazarex Cancer Foundation on a three-year study to identify ways to improve cancer clinical trial participation among medically underserved populations, including low-income individuals and racial and ethnic minorities.
- Research
- April 9, 2019
Cancer-Killing Combination Therapies Unveiled with New Drug-Screening Tool

UC San Francisco scientists have designed a large-scale screen that efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers when combined, but only weakly effective when used alone. Using this
- Research
- April 4, 2019
Cancer Exports Molecular ‘Saboteurs’ to Remotely Disarm Immune System

Image courtesy of the National Cancer Institute Immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer treatment: many patients with malignancies that until recently would
- Media Coverage
- April 4, 2019
- The New York Times
Cancer’s Trick for Dodging the Immune System
- Patient Care
- March 15, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Host Annual St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser for Pediatric Cancer Research

More than 150 people have signed up to shave their heads at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland on March 16, to support the 12th annual Brave the Shave fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.
- Media Coverage
- March 15, 2019
- KTVU
Brave the Shave
- Research
- March 11, 2019
UCSF Fellow Tackles an Urgent Threat to Women's Health in Kenya

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, is committed to tackling the public health effects of gender inequality and helping to improve cervical cancer screening in Kenya.
- Media Coverage
- March 11, 2019
- SacTown Magazine
The Big Sick – Once terminally ill with throat cancer, now she is cancer free
- Media Coverage
- March 8, 2019
- KPIX
Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Offers Insight Following Alex Trebek Diagnosis
- Media Coverage
- March 7, 2019
- Yahoo
Amid Alex Trebek's diagnosis, UCSF oncologist says pancreatic cancer is affecting more Americans
- Media Coverage
- February 6, 2019
- Reuters
Doctors debate whether to stop calling low-risk tumors 'cancer'
- Media Coverage
- January 28, 2019
- KCBS
Over-The-Counter Meds Show Promise As Cancer Drug
- Media Coverage
- January 27, 2019
- Tech Times
Common Painkillers Such As Aspirin And Ibuprofen Can Improve Survival Rate Of Patients With Head And Neck Cancer
- Research
- January 24, 2019
Common Pain Reliever Can Improve Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new study led by UCSF has found.
- Research
- January 23, 2019
$26 Million ‘Grand Challenge’ Project Will Probe Role of Inflammation in Cancer

UCSF's Thea Tlsty is a winner of the “Grand Challenge” competition sponsored by Cancer Research UK. Her international team will receive $26 million to uncover how chronic inflammation causes cancer.
- Media Coverage
- January 16, 2019
- KQED
UCSF's Dean Ornish on How to 'Undo' Chronic Diseases
- Media Coverage
- January 15, 2019
- US News & World Report/Science News
A new 3-D printed ‘sponge’ sops up excess chemo drugs