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Christopher Dvorak, MD (right), and Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD (left), report in the journal Blood Advances that children with blood cancers who were treated with a personalized dosage of chemotherapy had a reduction in side effects and increase in survival rates. Photo by Susan Merrell

New Approach for Smarter, Safer Cancer Treatment

While reviewing patients’ charts early in the morning, pediatric hematologist-oncologist Christopher Dvorak, MD, used to feel his heart race when he read about a child with blood cancer getting a stem cell transplant. Stem cells are the body’s building block cells that can develop into other cells
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UCSF Trains One of Mexico’s First Specialists to Spot Kids’ Cancer in New Ways

A new grant paves the way for UC San Francisco to train one of Mexico’s first molecular pediatric pathologists, providing access to better cancer detection and treatment for the thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in Mexico every year. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has awarded Alfonso

UCSF Trains One of Mexico’s First Specialists to Spot Kids’ Cancer in New Ways

A new grant paves the way for UC San Francisco to train one of Mexico’s first molecular pediatric pathologists, providing access to better cancer detection and treatment for the thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in Mexico every year. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has awarded Alfonso
A microscopic image of breast tissue showing molecular tunnels briding tumor cells with nearby fat cells.

Some Breast Tumors Tunnel Into Fat to Fuel Up. Can We Stop Them?

When an invasive and deadly form of breast cancer called triple-negative grows, the fat cells around it seem to shrink. UCSF researchers have discovered that the cells of these tumors — so called because they test negative for estrogen, progesterone, and HER2 receptors — build molecular tunnels into
A researcher with gloved hands uses a cell sorter in a UCSF laboratory.

Eleven Cancer Research Projects Funded in Spring 2025 RAP Cycle

Eleven investigators and teams were awarded grants in support of cancer research projects in the spring 2025 cycle of the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP). Funded by various agencies across UCSF, the awards span a range of topics from establishing a tumor board in Tanzania to developing a
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

UCSF Health Named Among Nation’s Best for 2025-2026

UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center* has again been named to the national Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospitals rankings for adult care, a distinction earned by only 20 medical centers nationwide and four in California. It tied as the No. 1 hospital in California and ranked
Joan and Sanford I. Weill. Photo by Walter Zarnowitz, UCSF

Gift Launches $200M Initiative for the Weill Cancer Hub West

A visionary $100 million matching grant from the Weill Family Foundation is bringing together two leading cancer centers to launch the Weill Cancer Hub West — an innovative collaboration among some of the nation’s most talented scientists that will transform cancer research and care in the next