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Archive: Media Advisory: UCSF Picnic to Honor Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital will celebrate children who have had bone marrow transplants and their families at the third pediatric bone marrow transplant picnic on September 10.
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Archive: Lowering the Bar: 5 Places to Drink for Cheap (or Free) This Week
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Archive: What's Impeding Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer?
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Archive: South San Francisco Tot's Cancer Battle Draws Attention of Bay Area Rappers
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Archive: Jobs Battles with Rare Pancreatic Cancer, Privacy
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Archive: Could This Be It For Steve Jobs?
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Archive: Doctors, Patients Assess Effectiveness of Medical Marijuana
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Archive: Melanoma Treatment Called Revolutionary
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Archive: Marijuana DNA Sequenced by Startup in Search for Medical Uses
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Archive: Can You Be Poor and Have Terminal Cancer?
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Archive: One Word Can Save Your Life: No!
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Archive: UC Experts Explain Radiation Risks - Real and Relative
<p>UC scientists explain radiation risks from everyday background radiation, medical imaging and nuclear power plant accidents in the aftermath of meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.</p>
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Archive: Hot Chemotherapy Bath: Patients See Hope, Critics Hold Doubts
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Archive: Five Local Women Battle Breast Cancer While They Participate in a Clinical Trial
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Archive: An Interview with Clinician Jo Chien About the I-Spy Medical Trial
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Archive: UCSF Neuro-oncologists Engage Caregivers to Better Help Patients
<p>Seeking to improve care for people with brain tumors, neuro-oncologists at UCSF Medical Center are beginning to look beyond the patient to engage a patient’s family, friends and other caregivers.</p>
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Archive: Therapy May Protect Ovaries From Chemotherapy
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Archive: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
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Archive: Cancer ID Test Confirmed Accurate
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Archive: Customize Starting Age and Frequency of Mammograms
Mammograms should not be done on a one-size fits all basis, but instead should be personalized based on a woman’s age, the density of her breasts, her family history of breast cancer and other factors including her own values, according to a new study.
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Archive: Champion Charities Gives UCSF $2.5 Million to Tackle Brain Disease
<p>Former NFL players Harris Barton and Ronnie Lott recently presented a check for $2.5 million on behalf of Champion Charities to UCSF’s Brain Tumor Research Center to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.</p>
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Archive: Cured Meats Not Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
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Archive: Ovarian Cancer Outcomes May Improve with "Dose-Dense" Chemotherapy
<p>UCSF gynecologic oncologist John K. Chan, MD, is leading a nationwide endeavor to evaluate a new strategy called “dose-dense” chemotherapy to improve treatment outcomes for women with ovarian cancer.</p>
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Archive: UCSF-Led Team Decodes Evolution of Skin and Ovarian Cancer Cells
A team of researchers led by scientists at UCSF has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.
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Archive: Cold Cap Therapy During Chemotherapy Reduces Hair Loss
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Archive: Head-Shaving Event Draws Crowds, Raises Funds for Cancer Research
<p>In a bold demonstration of support for the many children with cancer they have treated over the years, several UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital doctors, as well as hospital staff and community members, had their heads shaved bald to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research. </p>
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Archive: UCSF Docs Shave Their Heads for Cancer Awareness
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Archive: UCSF Doctors Lose Their Locks To Help Fund Cancer Research
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Archive: As Cancer Treatments Advance, So Do Costs