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UCSF Health Cancer Services Earns National Accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted three-year accreditation to the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) at UC San Francisco (UCSF). To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality
USPSTF’s Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
USPSTF’s Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines prompt comments from UCSF Breast Imaging faculty Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD, and Kimberly Ray, MD On May 9, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) proposed a significant change to current breast cancer screening guidelines. The USPSTF’s draft
ASCO and Memorial Sloan Kettering Honor Ashworth for Transformative Contributions
Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and senior vice president for cancer services at UCSF Health, has received two prestigious national awards for his transformative research accomplishments and work developing PARP inhibitors for cancer
Scientists Discover a Deadly Brain Cancer’s Hidden Weakness
The difficult-to-treat brain cancer glioblastoma steals a person’s mental faculties as it spreads, yet the tumor’s insidious ability to infiltrate neighboring networks in the brain could also prove its undoing. Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that neural activity in these deadly
Transgender Women Benefit from Prostate Cancer Screenings
Transgender women keep their prostates after gender-affirming surgery, and as a result are still at risk for prostate cancer. But the extent to which they’re at risk has been unclear up to now. A first-of-its-kind study led by UC San Francisco estimates the risk at about 14 cases per 10,000 people
UCSF Hospitals Earn ‘A’ for Patient Safety from Leapfrog Group
UCSF Health hospitals at Mission Bay and Parnassus Heights earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for spring 2023 – a national recognition of excellence for protecting patients from preventable harm and errors. The safety group gave the highest rating to the UCSF Helen Diller
UCSF is First in California to Provide Drug-Gene Testing
Beginning May 9, UC San Francisco will be the first hospital in California, and one of only a few nationwide, to offer pharmacogenetic testing. The test will provide critical clues about a patient’s unique genetic makeup, enabling pharmacists to tailor medications and dosages accordingly. The