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UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is consistently among the world's top five institutions producing the most impactful and utilized research.
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Gut Viruses Tied to Potentially Deadly Complication of Bone Marrow Transplant
A virus hiding quietly in the gut may trigger the onset of a severe complication known as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in patients who receive bone marrow transplants.
Immune-Cell Numbers Predict Response to Combination Immunotherapy in Melanoma
Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance of certain white blood cells within their tumors, according to a new study.
UCSF Health Affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care
UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in the GGUC’s six Bay Area locations.
Google Searches Could Help Track Cancer Incidence, Mortality
Google search volume across the United States could help fill in the gaps on cancer incidence and mortality data, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF and the University of Pennsylvania.
Molecular Test Identifies Breast Cancer Patients with Lowest Risk of Death
A molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer even 20 years after diagnosis and tumor removal, according to a new clinical study led by UCSF in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Shine Among Finest in 9 Specialties in 2017-18 Rankings
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, with campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, rank among the country’s best in nine specialties, according to U.S. News & World Report’s survey of 187 pediatric hospitals nationwide.
Elevated Rate of Autism Symptoms Found in Children with Tourette Syndrome
Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by UCSF.
Moving Mountains: A Surgeon’s Fight to Legalize HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants
Through years of research and advocacy, Peter Stock, a transplant surgeon at UCSF, helped clear the way for California’s first organ transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipients.
Dazed & Confused: Marijuana Legalization Raises the Need for More Research
Researchers need access to multiple strains of marijuana in order to find out about its potential benefits or harms, but current legislation makes that extremely difficult. As states move ahead with recreational legalization, access is more critical than ever.
UCSF Study Reveals Longer Follow-Up Time for Asian-American Women After Abnormal Mammogram
Asian-American women are more likely to experience delays in follow-up treatment after an abnormal mammogram compared to white women, according to new UCSF research.
Racism Aggravates Treatment-Resistant Asthma
Racial discrimination experienced by African-American children and young adults exacerbates a type of asthma known to be resistant to standard treatment, according to a study headed by researchers at UCSF.
UCSF Studies Ambulance Diversion by Race, Health Care for Released Prisoners in Special Journal Issue
Black heart attack patients suffer higher mortality rates than white patients when ambulances are diverted because hospital emergency rooms are too busy to receive new patients.
New Cancer Treatments and Care to be Highlighted at 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting
Cancer specialists from UCSF will present new findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world’s largest clinical cancer research meeting.