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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...