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High Rate of False-Positives with Annual Mammogram
During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy.
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer May Succumb to New Treatments
<p>Triple-negative breast cancer is the most deadly form of the disease. This form of breast cancer has a disproportionate impact on women who are younger, African American or Hispanic, but new discoveries, including a new treatment approach targeting inflammation in cancer, may help women survive the disease.</p>
Asthma Treatment May Be Headed Toward Personalized Medicine
<p>Asthma patients could clearly benefit from personalized medicine, a new study suggests. However, the new discovery of a key gene, while exciting, does not mean that day is here quite yet.</p>
Making Progress in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
Breast cancer, a woman’s most feared disease, is the second most frequently treated cancer at UCSF. October -- breast cancer awareness month – is an opportune time to take stock of recent progress at UCSF, home to one of the nation’s preeminent cancer centers.
$6.5 Million Study Targets High Breast Cancer Deaths in Black Women
<p>African American women have lower breast cancer survival rates than white women and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) scientists are studying why – as well as how to increase their life spans.</p>
UCSF Professor Describes Evolving Science of Breast Cancer Screening
<p>UCSF professor Goerge Sawaya, MD, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that developed updated recommendations on breast cancer screening, discusses the rationale and the role of science in advancing change in clinical practice in this video.</p>
Researcher Calls for Mammograms to be Tailored to Patient
<p>Mammograms are not one-size-fits-all, says noted breast cancer researcher Karla Kerlikowske, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Rather, they should be customized based on a woman’s age, breast density, family health history and other factors.</p>
Tracking Breast Cancer Over Decades to Save Lives
<p>A new way to study and treat breast cancer being launched at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in October will screen women for the disease and provide them with individual assessments of their risk of developing the cancer. </p>
Reaching Out to Minorities for Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
<p>It’s a matter of fairness: members of all ethnic groups should have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials. And it’s a matter of soundness, too: medical advancements must be tested in as many different people with as many different genetic makeups as possible.</p>
Breast Cancer Month: Time to Take Stock of UCSF Advances
<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.</p>
Analysis Finds One-Dose Radiation Effective in Treatment of Breast Cancer
<p>One dose of radiation during surgery for early breast cancer is as effective as six weeks of standard treatment – which could save as much as $1.5 billion in the United States over five years.</p>
The Battle Against Breast Cancer
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.