Reflections on Living with Glioblastoma
More than four years after a diagnosis of glioblastoma (GBM), Susan Sandler shares her experience of living with the challenges of brain cancer.She chronicles her personal journey and revelations in...
View ArticleNurse Scientist Christine Miaskowski: Four Decades Helping Patients in Pain
For 40 years, Christine Miaskowksi, RN, PhD, FAAN, has been investigating the causes of- and solutions for the debilitating side effects of cancer treatment. In recognition of her contributions as a...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Study Hits 30K Milestone in Demystifying Risk - $9M Grant Aims...
A national study evaluating a personalized approach to breast cancer screening and risk assessment has launched a new effort to diversify its participants, as it hits a milestone of 30,000 women...
View ArticleBig Data Powers Design of 'Smart' Cell Therapies for Cancer - Combining...
Finding medicines that can kill cancer cells while leaving normal tissue unscathed is a Holy Grail of oncology research. In two new papers, scientists at UC San Francisco and Princeton University...
View ArticleUCSF, UCLA Gain FDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Imaging Technique - Method...
The University of California's two nationally ranked medical centers, UC San Francisco and UCLA, and their nuclear medicine teams have obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to...
View ArticleCollaborations and Peers: A Lifetime of Research at UCSF - Q & A with Byron...
Byron C. Hann, MD, PhD, Research Scientist and Manager of the Preclinical Therapeutics Core at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will be retiring at the end of the month. Since his...
View ArticleYear in Review: 2020
This year was difficult for all of us, personally and collectively. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed every aspect of our lives and called for us to adapt in unprecedented ways. It was gratifying - yet...
View ArticleCancer Metastasis is Target of New Research Initiative - $3M Award Lays...
Six UC San Francisco researchers have won an Endeavor Award to build a new research collaborative at the University focused on decoding the "rulebook" of metastatic cancer as a pathway to new...
View Article'Invisible' Stem Cells Evade Natural Killer Cells Using Immune 'Off-Switch' -...
UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a new way to control the immune system's "natural killer" (NK) cells, a finding with implications for novel cell therapies and tissue implants that can evade...
View ArticleCommunity Advisory Board: Champions for Health Equity
Over the past 15 years, the cancer center's Community Advisory Board (CAB) has become one of UCSF's most instrumental community outreach groups for improving health equity. In a Q&A below, CAB...
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