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Colon Cancer Survivor to Speak at Public Event on October 20

October 5, 2005

Author Curtis Pesmen will discuss his personal experience in surviving colon cancer at a community education event Thursday, October 20, at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. The event is designed to empower and motivate those coping with the diagnosis of cancer, provide insight on how ...

Tobacco Industry Weakened Pesticide Regulations, UCSF Study Shows

September 15, 2005

The tobacco industry coordinated cross-industry campaigns to delay and weaken federal and international regulations on pesticide use, according to new findings by UCSF researchers. The findings are reported in a study and commentary posted online at the pre-publication website of Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal ...

High-Vegetable Diet Linked to Protection Against Pancreatic Cancer

September 15, 2005

In one of the largest studies of its kind, UCSF researchers have found that eating lots of fruits and vegetables -- particularly vegetables -- is associated with about a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose ...

Commitment of $2 Million to Advance Clinical Research in Leukemia

September 15, 2005

"Leukemia is a devastating disease," says Ashok Krishnamurthi, "for the patient and for the family." When this illness touched a family member, Krishnamurthi and his brother, R.K. Anand, did extensive research on treatment facilities, learning that the Division of Hematology/Oncology at UCSF was one of ...

Sence Foundation Gift Advances Brain Tumor Research

September 15, 2005

A $100,000 gift from the Sence Foundation to the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery will help further research that promises a major breakthrough in developing treatments for brain tumors. Lack of a suitable model of a human brain tumor has hindered research thus far, according ...

UCSF Launches Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology

September 12, 2005

Key faculty recruits, stem cell training program also announced Capitalizing on the strength of its research and clinical enterprise, UCSF is launching the Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology, providing a framework for close collaboration among investigators from the University's Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, ...