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Personalized Vaccines to Fight Brain Cancer

February 7, 2007

UCSF neurosurgeon Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, is running a clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor, using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to trigger the immune system. In the clinical trial, Parsa first removes as ...

Insights into p53 Tumor-Suppressor Gene to Fuel Cancer Strategy

January 26, 2007

UCSF scientists are reporting key insights into the p53 tumor-suppressor gene that they say should help harness the gene to treat cancer. The gene is disabled in most forms of the disease, and its loss is often associated with increased malignancy, resistance to treatment and ...

Health Disparities Expert Named Chair of Department of Radiation Oncology

January 22, 2007

Mack Roach III, MD, professor of radiation oncology and urology, has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology. "Dr. Roach is recognized as one of America's leading authorities on the use of radiation to treat localized prostate cancer and as a prominent crusader ...

Alternatives to Surgery and Radiation for Prostate Cancer

January 11, 2007

Due to aggressive prostate cancer screening, more men than ever before are being diagnosed with small, low-grade tumors that may pose little immediate threat. Oncologists are offering some of these men close monitoring -- called active surveillance -- without any immediate treatment. Why not treat?

Prostate Cancer -- Who Needs Treatment?

January 10, 2007

Many men with early-stage prostate cancers may be undergoing treatment unnecessarily with surgery or radiation, according to a leading prostate cancer surgeon. Heads-up diagnosis and treatment have undoubtedly played an important role in decreasing deaths due to prostate cancer. But even so, "about half the ...

UCSF Chosen to Design and Test Innovative, Consumer-Centered Personal Health Record

December 21, 2006

UCSF Breast Cancer Center Chosen to Design and Test Innovative, Consumer-Centered Personal Health Record The Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will play a key role in a program to help consumers use information technology to better ...