July 16, 2008
C. David James, PhD, a professor in residence of neurological surgery at UCSF, has been awarded a grant to identify how brain tumors with different genetic features respond to a set of treatment regimens. The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, a newly formed family foundation ...July 11, 2008
It's not too late to join the effort to fight breast cancer during this weekend's Avon walk through the streets of San Francisco. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and13. The two-day walk raises money to support ...July 10, 2008
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation's top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2008 "America's Best Hospitals" survey conducted by "U.S. News & World Report." This year UCSF retains its place as the seventh best ...July 3, 2008
The most deadly skin cancer, called melanoma, is on the rise. Clearly, dermatologists and other medical specialists need to be able to distinguish a mole from a melanoma. But now, it is also clear that there are important differences among melanomas. Melanomas are already being ...July 1, 2008
UCSF research fellow Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, has received the 2008 Melvin Grumbach Award for Pediatric Research for his work on measuring the physical properties of acute leukemia cells. Acute leukemia is the most common of all childhood cancers. Lam, who simultaneously completed his clinical ...June 20, 2008
Hypnosis is as effective as standard behavioral counseling in helping smokers quit and stay off cigarettes for one year, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Among smokers who reported a history of depression, hypnosis was significantly more effective ...June 17, 2008
Could you be at risk for gastrointestinal cancer? One in 10 gastrointestinal cancers is familial, and those with a genetic mutation are at an elevated risk for developing cancer. But many physicians are unaware of this relationship, and the standard prevention measures -- such as ...June 9, 2008
UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, in association with the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, has created a documentary about family caregiving for loved ones with aggressive forms of brain cancer. The film, titled The Caregivers, follows patients and families as they struggle through an ...May 29, 2008
A new chapter in the saga of the war on cancer is being written. The subject is cancer stem cells. If more patients are to survive, then these cells must die. But many targeted treatments might be missing them. Communication between cancer experts and stem ...May 28, 2008
Members of the public are invited to attend a live dramatic reading of letters written by adults coping with life-threatening illnesses and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, June 4. The event, with works read by the actual ...
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