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Managing perioperative opioid risks, improving detection of peripheral artery disease and surgical management of hard-to-treat gastrointestinal cancers, were among the topics UCSF surgeons, clinicians, and researchers discussed at the American College of Surgeon’s 2025 Clinical Congress in Chicago

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. The goal of the event was to

Growing up in Houston, Dr. Sam Washington was the kid with the volcano kits, the chemistry sets, and a circle of family friends who happened to be surgeons. A peek into the operating room at 16 set him on a path that would lead from UC Davis to UCSF, with a focus on community-driven cancer research

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in adults. In Europe and Canada, the drug is mandated to carry a warning — but not in the U.S. David

Advanced colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in young American men and the second highest worldwide. In the majority of these patients, as the cancer advances it metastasizes to the liver. Despite progress in surgical therapies aimed at eradicating the cancer, many of these

Early trial results from one of the largest randomized trials for the treatment of localized prostate cancer and using machine learning to identify patients at high-risk for acute care events from radiation therapy, are among the topics UCSF researchers and clinicians will discuss at the American

"Tangled string is a nuisance when knitting, but did you know that tangled string can also cause cancer?” asked Atreya Dey, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Francisco’s Postdoc Slam competition on Sept. 17. Speaking to a live and virtual audience of nearly 600 at UCSF’s Genentech Auditorium at