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Lung Cancer Mutations and Treatment Advances

Lung cancer, the most common cancer type with the highest mortality, can largely be categorized by the genetic mutations that cause it. In the latest CureTalks podcast, Drs.Trever Bivona and Kevan Shokat and patient advocates Terri Conneran and Lisa Goldman discuss lung cancer mutations, new treatments, trials, and more.

Food for Thought: Optimizing Nutrition for Cancer Patients

For 14 years oncology dietitian Greta Macaire, RD, MA, has provided nutrition support to cancer patients before, during, and after treatment. Macaire reflects on developments in nutrition counseling and research, shares general nutrition tips for cancer prevention, and links to some of her favorite holiday recipes.

UCSF to Coordinate Health Disparities Research in Multiple Chronic Diseases with $22.5M Grant

Tracking and integrating findings across disciplines is a persistent challenge in health disparities research. UC San Francisco faculty will soon take this challenge on with a new center to coordinate research from 11 newly funded centers across the U.S. on the root causes of, and ways to eliminate, disparities in multiple chronic diseases.

Painted shoes for the UCSF Brain Tumor Center

To Walk in Their Shoes: Finding Meaning in Art and Giving

Olivia Tillis, painting shoes is more than just a hobby – it is a way to honor her mother’s memory, while also giving back to the brain tumor community.

Treating Anal Cancer Precursor Lesions Reduces Cancer Risk for People With HIV

Groundbreaking National Clinical Trial Halted Due to Therapy’s High Success Rates

Driving Dialogue and Discovery: Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series Enters Third Decade

The Friday Seminar series at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC), now in its third decade, continues to drive dialogue and innovation by featuring leading cancer researchers at UCSF and beyond.

Looking Beyond DNA to See Cancer with New Clarity

“This is an entirely new way to do cancer research.” Scientists look to proteins for a much more expansive view of the activity underlying cancer.

Newly Approved Prostate Cancer Scan Can Detect Cells that Have Spread to Lymph Nodes

A revolutionary new diagnostic method for prostate cancer can detect prostate cancer cells that have spread to lymph nodes both inside and outside the pelvis, according to the UC San Francisco and UCLA team whose earlier work led to the test’s FDA approval.

An Estrogen Receptor that Promotes Cancer also Causes Drug Resistance

UCSF Researchers Discover New Role for Erα as an RNA-Binding Protein

Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, ASCO Mentor for Oncology Student Diversity

This summer, Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, fellow in Medical Oncology, led UCSF’s first class of medical students from groups underrepresented in medicine.

Cancer Center BOP Members May Boycott Conference over Texas Abortion Law

In response to the recent adoption of the Texas Heartbeat Act (SB8) banning nearly all abortions, the Cancer Center’s Breast Oncology Program members are part of a growing effort to move the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) out of Texas.