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A UC San Francisco-based research registry that has already recruited more than 10,000 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander participants has received $16 million in federal funding to double its efforts and expand research into this growing but underrepresented population of the U.S

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have tied as the best hospitals in Northern California in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list. This is the ninth straight year that the hospitals together have been ranked in all categories assessed in the annual survey, reflecting

Central to its mission of sustaining community partnerships and disseminating cancer information, the Office of Community Engagement (OCE) offers a quarterly lunchtime lecture series CAB2: ChatNChew sharing important cancer related information impacting diverse communities. Wed, Oct 16th 12noon-1pm

Colorectal cancer cases are rising among younger people, striking even folks without obvious risk factors. For nearly two decades, UC San Francisco Family Community Medicine Professor Micheal Potter, MD, has worked to make cancer screening easier. But getting otherwise healthy adults in for regular

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and worldwide, pointing to the continuing need to improve treatment strategies and therapies that better patient survival and reduce long-term treatment-related toxicities. This is particularly true for aggressive breast cancer

The UC Board of Regents has approved a state-of-the-art UCSF cancer treatment center, as well as UCSF research space, a life sciences incubator, and primary and specialty care clinics as part of the Dogpatch Power Station development in southeast San Francisco. Clinical space in the building will

“Later,” James McCray Jr. told himself, he’d deal with it later. McCray was the long-time pastor of Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, located just blocks away from UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion. In fact, early in his tenure, McCray partnered with the medical center’s doctors to conduct