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We know that many anticancer drugs are poisonous, leaving doctors with the careful task of administering enough chemotherapy to stop the growth of cancer cells while minimizing any damage to a patient's other organs. Steven Hetts, MD is the chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at UCSF Mission Bay

For the fourth year, UCSF co-hosted the Precision Medicine World Conference, which attracted attendees from 35 countries to hear about the growing prominence of data science, artificial intelligence, and deep learning that is creating a sea change in nearly every aspect of health care and biomedical

An experimental cancer vaccine in early-stage development at the University of California San Francisco has sparked hope that patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood, could one day have a life-saving alternative, especially those prone to relapse or unable to

“The Grand Challenge is designed to address really big, intractable questions in cancer. The idea is not to make small, incremental steps, but to make a huge leap forward.” Thea Tlsty, PhD from UCSF.edu, 1/23/19 $26 Million 'Grand Challenge' Project Will Probe Role of Inflammation in Cancer Thea D

Jennifer R. Grandis, MD, senior author of the study. Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new study led by UC San Francisco has found. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

“The Grand Challenge is designed to address really big, intractable questions in cancer. The idea is not to make small, incremental steps, but to make a huge leap forward.” Thea Tlsty, PhD Related news: Q & A with Thea Tlsty, PhD, on Leading International Team to Study Inflammation and Cancer UC San

In laboratory experiments, UC San Francisco researchers successfully beat back the growth of aggressive liver cancers using a surprising new approach. Traditionally, targeted cancer therapies aim to disable proteins borne of cancer-driving genes. Instead, the UCSF scientists prevented these proteins