UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Newsletter
Cancer Report includes research updates, highlights of clinical programs, news of upcoming events, and more. Online access (in PDF) through links below.

Latest Issue: Volume 10.1, Winter 2008

• Breast Density and a Better Cancer Risk Model
• UCSF Renames Cancer Center
• Saving Language in Brain Cancer Patients
• Turning the Tide of Liver Cancer Among Asians
• HPV Vaccine for Men?
• Thyroid Cancer Cases Climb as Treatment Advances

Previous Issues

Volume 9.3, Fall 2007

• Studies of Pond Scum Lead to Cancer Drug Design
• Fewer Breast Cancers are Still Too Many
• Gene Genie
• Surveillance and Biomarkers May Improve Odds Against Oral Cancer
• New Breeds of Mice Shed Light on Human Cancers and Treatments
• UCSF Receives $150 Million Pledge for Cancer Center

Volume 9.2, Summer 2007

• Active Surveillance Is Often an Option for Prostate Cancer
• Researchers Identify Strategy for Overcoming Breast Cancer Drug Resistance
• New Progress in Matching Cancer Patients to Drugs
• Cancer Cells in Their "Microenvironment"
• Benefits and Risks of New Radiotherapies in Children
• Battling Cancer Growth with Promising New Therapy

Volume 9.1, Winter 2007

• Helping Young Survivors Manage Risks from Treatment
• Cancer Risk Program: For Cancers That Run in the Family
• New Ideas, Funding Infused into Search for Blood Markers of Cancer
• Brain Cancer Incidence and Survival Are Linked to Immune Responses
• Digital Mammovan Rolls On
• Boosting Colon Cancer Survival
• Sence Foundation: Advancing Pathbreaking Research

Volume 8.3, Fall 2006

• Harnessing the Power of Magnetic Resonance
• Dec. 12 Community Forum on Hereditary Cancer
• Management of Symptoms and Psychosocial Issues
• Inherited Gene Increases Risk for Deadly Melanoma
• Targeting of Key Biochemical Pathway
• New Drugs Target Treatment-Resistant Leukemia
• Bette Midler to Perform at "Raising Hope"

Volume 8.2, Summer 2006

• Stem Cell Research Advances Cancer Knowledge
• Discovering How Environment Contributes to Breast Cancer
• Can Eating Less Fat Reduce Cancer Risk?
• Steering the Immune System to Better Fight Cancer
• Bloomingdale's Gala Opening to Support UCSF

Volume 8.1, Spring 2006

• I SPY - Eye on Breast Cancer
• Fighting the Rising Tide of Liver Cancer
• Better Understanding of Melanoma and UV Risk
• New Treatment for Glioblastoma
• Colon Cancer Screening Can Save Your Life
• A Day of Luxury Honors a Mother's Legacy

Volume 7.2, Fall 2005

• MRI Screening for Breast Cancer Is Best Only for Women at High Risk
• Free Service Matches Breast Cancer Patients to Clinical Trials
• New Vaccine Extends Prostate Cancer Survival
• Kidney Cancer Treatment
• Treatment Sought to Counter Mysterious Epidemic: Cancer of the Esophagus
• Seminars to Educate Transplant Recipients About Skin Cancer Risk
• When Pharmacogenetic Dust Settles, More Will Survive Lung and Other Cancers
• "Raising Hope" 2005 Brings In Nearly $4 Million

Volume 7.1, Spring 2005

• Pharmacogenetics - Tailoring Drugs to Individuals
• Expectations and Challenges for Treatment Evolve Over Decades
• Advances in Fight Against Melanoma
• Eat Well to Fight Cancer

Volume 6.1, Fall 2004

• Is Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Still an Option?
• Drug Approved to Treat Prostate Enlargment Prevents Prostate Cancer
• Cancer Hospital Is Recommended for Mission Bay
• Studies Are Needed on Testosterone Replacement and Prostate Cancer
• Cancer Center Annual Symposium
• Modern Oral Contraceptives Pose Fewer Risks to Offset Benefits
• Avon Foundation Symposium: Delivering the Continuum of Breast Cancer Care to the Underserved
• New Center for Breast Cancer Screening Opens at SFGHMC
• Major Contributions from ChevronTexaco and Former Chevron Chairman Support UCSF Prostate and Breast Cancer Programs

Volume 5.2, Fall 2003

• Vitamins and Cancer
• Focus on Folate
• Pancreatic Cancer: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Spearheads New Efforts Against a Killer
• "Dose Dense" Chemotherapy After Breast Cancer Surgery Increases Survival
• Avon Project Symposium: Genetic Promise and Practice
• Cancer Fighter Focus: Molecular Motor Man
• In memoriam Ira Herskowitz
• An Evening with Nuccia Focile and The New Century Chamber Orchestra

Volume 5.1, Spring 2003

• New Cancer Research Building Is Slated for UCSF Mission Bay Campus
• No Reason to Write Off "Anti-angiogenesis" Drugs for Cancer, Experts Say
• Laboratory Findings: Single-Celled Yeast Provides Clues About Cancer
• Cancer Fighter Focus: Gaining Insight to Reach Across Cultures
• Population Sciences: Vigilant in the Fight Against Tobacco Use
• Clinical Notes: Efforts Intensify to Develop Effective Drug Treatment for Kidney Cancer
• Albertsons Bay to Breakers Goes Bench to Bedside

Volume 4.2, Fall 2002

• Prostate Cancer in Underserved Populations
• New Brain Tumor SPORE
• Cancer Center's High Standing Is Reaffirmed
• Chemoprevention for Breast Cancer
• Microarrays and Other New Tools Help Researchers Solve Cancers' Mysteries
• Cancer League Partnership Continues to Flourish

Volume 4.1, Summer 2002

• Cancer Prevention and Screening
• Who Should Get a Mammogram?
• Preventing Cancer Pain
• Arthur Ablin / More Room at the Inn: Family House
• The Mammovan Returns to San Francisco

Volume 3.3, Fall 2001

• Making Better Doctors for Cancer Patients
• Tobacco Cessation Curriculum to Go Global
• "Tellin' It Like it Is -- Fighting Cancer in the Black Community"
• Laboratory Findings
• Clinic Notes
• Cancer Fighter Focus: Jafi Lipson
• Population Science
• Avon's Unwavering Commitment to Advancing Women's Health

Volume 3.2, Summer 2001

• Chemistry and Cancer
• Radiation Oncology Settles into New Cancer Center Home
• UCSF Mammovan Rides Again
• Avon Products Foundation Funds Fight Against Breast Cancer
• Laboratory Findings
• Clinic Notes
• June Chan, Newly Recruited Epidemiologist in Prostate Cancer Program
• Population Science
• Passion Fruit: The V Foundation Honors Joan Rombauer

Supplement on Breast Cancer Risk
Two women who have used the services of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center's Cancer Risk Program, both with pronounced family histories of cancer, share their experiences. One tested negative for gene mutations that increase cancer risk, and one tested positive.

Volume 3.1, Winter 2001

• $24 Million for Prostate Cancer Research
• Annual Symposium Highlights New Findings on Colorectal Cancer
• Laboratory Findings
• Clinical Trials
• Cancer Fighter Focus: Beth Crawford
• Population Science
• Corporate Associates Program