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How to Starve Cancer: Cut Off the Nutrients That Help Tumors Grow

Rushika Perera, PhD, tchief scientific officer of UCSF’s Pancreas Center, presented the 2026 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science. The award supports high-risk, high-reward science that can lead to innovative discoveries.

Cancer Illustration of Petri Dish with cancer cells to demonstrate genetic mutations

Haven’t Heard of Lynch Syndrome? You’re Not Alone.

UCSF is the only site in California participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)–sponsored clinical trial designed to prevent cancer in people with Lynch syndrome. Lynch syndrome affects about 1 in 279 people in the U.S. and significantly increases the lifetime risk of colorectal cancer and several other cancers.

Overcoming Drug Resistance, Precision Therapies Among Cancer Conference Talks

UCSF experts are presenting talks on environmental and genetic determinants in cancer development, precision cancer treatment with radiotheranostics, overcoming drug resistance, and more at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).