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How to Thwart Cancer: Drug the Cells It Uses to Grow and Shapeshift

UCSF Faculty and Fellows Present at 2025 AORTIC Conference

Our Global Cancer Program joined international collaborators at the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference in Tunisia.

Lee May UCSF Multiple Myeloma patient standing next to a fence by an open field

‘Every Time I Relapsed, There Would Be a New Course of Therapy’

He was told cancer would kill him in two to four years. Fourteen years later, he credits a series of medications and treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Gateway Medical Center Building at UCSF Mission Bay

UCSF Urology Clinicians Present Research Findings at SurgeWest 2025

Innovative research was presented by experts from the UCSF Department of Urology at the Western Section of the American Urological Association’s SurgeWest 2025

Showcasing Art that Celebrates Creativity and Healing Amid Cancer

First of its kind display at SFMOMA by UCSF Health patients

UCSF Radiation Oncologists Featured at Radiation Oncology Conference

UC San Francisco researchers and clinicians presented innovative research and treatment strategies at the American Society of Radiation Oncology’s 2025 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Brain scan showing a meningioma highlighted in orange. Photo by UCSF Brain Tumor Center

Could This Birth Control Shot Increase Your Risk for Brain Tumor?

David Raleigh, MD, PhD, is a radiation oncologist whose work focuses on understanding links between meningioma and the synthetic progesterone MPA that’s used in injectable birth control.

Showcase Offers Range of Cancer Biology Research for Graduate Students

In September, our Office of Education and Training coordinated a Cancer Research Showcase for Graduate Students, designed to introduce the vibrant cancer research community at UCSF to students across PhD and MD/PhD programs who wish to pursue a degree in cancer biology.