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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Cancer’s Trick for Dodging the Immune System
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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.
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Brave the Shave
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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.
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The Big Sick – Once terminally ill with throat cancer, now she is cancer free
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Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Offers Insight Following Alex Trebek Diagnosis
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Amid Alex Trebek's diagnosis, UCSF oncologist says pancreatic cancer is affecting more Americans
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Doctors debate whether to stop calling low-risk tumors 'cancer'
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Over-The-Counter Meds Show Promise As Cancer Drug
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Common Painkillers Such As Aspirin And Ibuprofen Can Improve Survival Rate Of Patients With Head And Neck Cancer
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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.
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$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.
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UCSF's Dean Ornish on How to 'Undo' Chronic Diseases
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A new 3-D printed ‘sponge’ sops up excess chemo drugs
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Drug Hobbles Deadly Liver Cancer by Stifling Protein Production
In laboratory experiments, UCSF researchers successfully beat back the growth of aggressive liver cancers using a surprising new approach.
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Radiation Dose in CT Scans Varies Due to Scanners’ Technical Settings
The amount of radiation that patients are exposed to from CT scans varies widely between institutions and countries, and is largely due to differences in the technical settings of the scanning machines.
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From Doctor to Patient, An Oncologist's Journey with Breast Cancer
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For older black men, a lifesaving push for more prostate cancer tests
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How Can I Support a Friend Facing a Medical Crisis?
Cynthia Perlis shares her top learnings from 30 years of listening to cancer patients at UCSF.
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Prostate Cancer Disparities Greatest in Low-Risk Disease
Study, led by UCSF, raises intriguing questions about whether the biology of low-risk prostate cancer in black men is distinct from that of other ethnicities.
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Most Popular Science Stories of 2018
From sensory processing disorder to how CRISPR is being explored to bring new treatments to patients, these are the stories that most engaged our readers in 2018.
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Depression, Anxiety May Take Same Toll on Health as Smoking and Obesity
Anxiety and depression may be leading predictors of conditions ranging from heart disease to headaches, having similar effects as long-established risk factors like smoking and obesity.
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Cancer Researchers ID ‘Achilles Heel’ of Drug-Resistant Tumors
UCSF scientists have figured out why some lung cancers become drug-resistant after initially responding to targeted therapies.
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A Brain Cancer Patient Becomes a Medical Student
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New Method Of Breast Reconstruction May Reduce Pain For Some Cancer Survivors
A UCSF surgeon is among a handful nationwide who are pioneering and studying the outcomes of a new approach to breast reconstruction.
