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Can Diet and Lifestyle Help Prevent Cancer and Improve Survival?

UC San Francisco scientists have uncovered important scientific links between diet and cancer. Here are three examples of how food and lifestyle choices — from plant-based eating to ketogenic diets — help slow cancer progression, improve survival, and make some existing cancer treatments more effective.

Dr. Eric Small, named among OncLivesʻs 10th annual Giants of Cancer Care award winners

In Conversation: UCSF Oncologist and ASCO President Eric Small

Eric Small, a longtime clinical researcher and UCSF oncologist, recently completed his term as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). In this interview with UCSF Global Health Sciences, he discusses his role as ASCO president and the state of cancer care globally.

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This is How to Beat the Tumor Cells That Survive Cancer Therapy

UC San Francisco have built a robotic system that treats thousands of mini tumors at once in the laboratory. The platform lets scientists systematically identify, track, and treat surviving cells.

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New CRISPR Technique Selectively Shreds Cancer Cells, Including “Undruggable” Cancers

Innovative chromatin shredding technique shown to selectively destroy cancer cells carrying a mutation found in nearly half of all cancer cases

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Targeted Therapies, Improved Breast Cancer Screening Among Conference Presentations

UCSF’s Eric J. Small, MD, gives conference opening address as ASCO president.

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How New AI Cuts Breast Cancer Screening Time for High-Risk Women

Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have found a way to help reduce the wait and the worry of mammography results by using artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly identify those who are most likely to have the disease.

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