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.
Severe COVID-19 Impacts on Latinx, Maya Families Highlighted by Fruitvale Testing Initiative
A free testing campaign at the Fruitvale BART station found an overall PCR-positivity rate — indicating active infection — of 3.5 percent, but the infection rate was considerably higher in Latinx (5.2 percent) and Maya individuals (8 percent).
UCSF Collaboration Launches the First Research Registry for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders
Although Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise more than 6% of the U.S. population, they are among the least represented groups in health sciences research.
Shutdowns Mean More Go Hungry Among Spanish-Speaking Latinx Households in Bay Area
The number of primary Spanish-speaking Latinx families in the San Francisco Bay Area who cannot afford to eat balanced meals and go to bed hungry has more than doubled since the pandemic, according to a new study by UCSF.
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 Health Named LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader for 2020
UCSF Health has been named a 2020 “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
