Climate Change Will Give Rise to More Cancers
Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers.
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Axing the ACA Means Young Adults with Cancer Lose Coverage
Researchers found that patients with a pediatric cancer who were protected under the ACA’s dependent coverage provision were more likely to remain on private insurance for longer durations compared to their older peers who turned 19 before the Act.
Risk of Deadly Skin Cancer May Be Gauged by Accumulated DNA Damage
Risk for melanoma, the most deadly skin cancer, can be estimated long before detection of any suspicious moles, according to a UCSF scientist.
Cancer Immunotherapy ‘Uniquely Suppressed’ by Liver Tumors
Though cancer immunotherapy has become a promising standard-of-care treatment – and in some cases, perhaps a cure – for a wide variety of different cancers, it doesn’t work for everyone, and researchers have increasingly turned their attention to understanding why.
Mapping Genetic Diversity of Lung Tumors Over Time May Lead to More Effective Therapies
Researchers have figured out how to assemble genetic profiles of individual lung cancer cells obtained from patients at different times during the course of their treatment.
UCSF’s Global Health Institute Fights COVID-19 Around the World
People wear masks as they walk through an outdoor market in Brazil, a country that has seen skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases. Getty ImagesUC San Francisco has spearheaded campaigns across the
UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s 10 Best Hospitals for 2020-21
UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospitals survey, ranking among the top 10 hospitals nationwide for the 22nd year.
We Must Learn from Our Past
A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.
Sheltering in Place Is Nothing New for These Families
When your child has a serious medical condition, social distancing is all too familiar. Five families have some advice for the rest of us.
Seeking Immunity Against COVID-19
Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.
Five Big Lessons from the Pandemic
When future historians look back on this moment, they will draw many conclusions from our response to this crisis. Here are five big lessons that UCSF experts already see taking shape.
Largest-Ever Study of Prostate Cancer Genomics in Black Men IDs Potential Targets for Precision Therapies
None of the individual tumor genetic differences that were identified are likely to explain significant differences in health outcomes or to prevent Black Americans from benefiting from a new generation of precision prostate cancer therapies, researchers say, as long as the therapies are applied equitably.
New Model of Breast Cancer’s Causes Developed by UCSF-led Team
A new model of the causes of breast cancer, created by a team led by researchers at UCSF, Genentech and Stanford University, is designed to capture the complex interrelationships between dozens of primary and secondary breast cancer causes and stimulate further research.
