July 7, 2007
In the 1960s, the population of childhood cancer survivors might have rivaled that of Death Valley -- a diagnosis was nearly a death sentence. Today, an estimated 270,000 people are long-term survivors of childhood cancer. That's a number larger than the population of Bakersfield, Riverside ...June 30, 2007
Katherine Rauen, MD, is a medical geneticist in the UCSF Department of Pediatrics with a special interest in three rare developmental disorders. One is known as cardio-facio-cutaneous, or CFC, syndrome, for which she and her team discovered the genes responsible last year. The other two ...June 27, 2007
The Araceli Theater Project presents a multilingual theater event, titled "Touched by Cancer: Humoring the Tumor," at two San Francisco locations beginning Thursday, June 28. Written and conceived by cancer survivors, this diverse, community-based ensemble performs an original script and production that give voice to ...June 22, 2007
UCSF has received a $150 million pledge to support clinical and research programs of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. It is the largest philanthropic commitment from an individual ever received by the University and was given anonymously. Already recognized for its research excellence and regarded ...June 7, 2007
Seven-year-old leukemia patient Jericho Rajninger of Larkspur had his wish fulfilled recently by the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation in a recent ceremony at UCSF Children's Hospital. Rajninger welcomed JR, a robot designed to resemble the title character in the children's book The Little Engine ...June 6, 2007
In the wake of national-headline-making reports about how inheriting particular bits of DNA can increase one's risk for diabetes and breast cancer, UCSF's John Witte, PhD, stands ready to try his hand at using a similar scientific strategy to track down genes that affect prostate ...May 31, 2007
Pancreatic cancer is among the most painful and deadliest of cancers, afflicting 37,000 new patients each year and killing 33,000 individuals. Sufferers are rarely diagnosed with the disease until symptoms have already appeared; by that time, it has often advanced beyond a curable stage. These ...May 30, 2007
Thanks to rarely talked-about recent advances in radiation treatments, young children are surviving cancers that would have been incurable a decade ago. One strategy that is helping to boost survival is radiation treatment provided at the time of surgery. UCSF and fewer than a dozen ...May 18, 2007
The University of California Board of Regents today approved a proposed campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. UCSF is planning to build a 289-bed, integrated medical center to serve children, ...May 17, 2007
Seventy-five students were among those attending the dedication ceremony of a new sun shade structure at the KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy last Friday. "Our outdoor courtyard had no sun protection, so the kids used to eat lunch in the basement cafeteria. This was clearly ...
Interest in art and physics fuels drive to improve radiation therapy.
Meet more of Our Heroes »Congrats to Dr. Laura van 't Veer, @UCSF winner of EU Women Innovators Prize #euic2014 http://t.co/1EUZf5Ddb2
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