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Dr. Samuel Washington Wins 2024 PCF Young Investigator Award
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) aims to find future research leaders to bring new ideas and new scientific discoveries to prostate cancer research through its Young Investigator Awards program. Dr. Washington, an Assistant Professor in the Urology Department at UCSF, has received the 2024 PCF
Katherine Van Loon Named Editor-in-Chief of JCO Global Oncology
Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH, has been appointed as the next editor-in-chief of JCO Global Oncology ( JCO GO), an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) journal. JCO GO is an online only open access journal focusing on cancer research, care and delivery in low-resource countries and settings
Detecting When DCIS will Progress to IDC
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-invasive form of breast cancer that can potentially progress to invasive cancer if left untreated. Early detection and treatment are therefore crucial. In a retrospective study of patients with DCIS who declined surgery and received endocrine therapy
Why Some Prostate Cancers Shouldn’t Be Called ‘Cancer’
Featured Expert Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH Professor, Urology Men could benefit from fewer unnecessary treatments and reduced anxiety if their doctors stopped calling certain changes in the prostate “cancer,” according to prominent UC San Francisco prostate cancer expert Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH
Two ‘Spectacular’ UCSF Mentors Honored for Dedication to Next Generation
Even with differing styles as mentors, the result has always been the same for Kevin Shannon, MD, and Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH. Their mentees know that better than anybody. The prestigious Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award is given annually by the UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program to recognize the
Prostate Cancer Imaging Symposium 2024
On October 8, the Body Imaging Research Group hosted the 2024 Prostate Cancer Imaging Symposium at UCSF. This event convened researchers developing and applying advanced imaging techniques to prostate cancer. Speakers included imaging scientists, informatics scientists, radiologists, nuclear
UCSF to Lead Expansion of AANHPI Research Registry
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