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Can AI Help Doctors Find Cancer Faster by Reviewing Records?
A form of artificial intelligence called large language modeling (LLM), the same technology behind ChatGPT, could someday improve liver cancer care by extracting important data from medical charts much faster than humans, a recent UCSF study found. LLMs use deep learning and large data sets to
New Walnut Creek Cancer Center Brings Specialty Care Close to Home
The UCSF Health-John Muir Health Jean and Ken Hofmann Cancer Center at the Behring Pavilion opened today, bringing a full spectrum of leading-edge cancer care close to home for people in the East Bay and surrounding areas. The state-of-the art center is an important step in UCSF Health’s vision of
UCSF Tops Public Universities in NIH Research Funding in 2023
It is the 17th year in a row that UCSF has earned this distinction among public institutions. Postdoctoral scholar Oscar Campos, PhD, works in the Lim Lab at UCSF. Photo by Noah Berger “Support from the NIH enables our researchers to test their boldest ideas for advancing science, medicine and
Documents reveal targeted tactics of e-cigarette marketer
Earlier this month, the UCSF Library announced a partnership between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s University Libraries and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) which will create an online searchable public depository of roughly four million internal documents from
Six Cancer Research Projects Funded in Fall 2023 RAP Cycle
Six investigators and teams were awarded grants in support of cancer research projects in the fall 2023 cycle of the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP). Funded by various agencies across UCSF, the awards span a range of topics from telomere maintenance in pediatric brain tumors to the use of a
Cancer Center Launches Early Detection Project to Arrest Cancer Before it Spreads
UC San Francisco is embarking on a bold initiative to catch cancer in its earliest forms and prevent it from progressing. The goal: to detect and halt cancer before it takes root and spreads, potentially reducing the often-severe toll of the disease. The initiative will be called Cancer Early
In Judo Move, Scientists Use Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It
Immunotherapies using engineered T cells have ushered in a new era in cancer treatment, but they have their limits. They may cause side effects or stop working, and they do not work at all against 90% of cancers. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco and Northwestern Medicine may have found a way