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Childhood Cancer Hijacks Cellular Quality Control System to Fuel Growth
A serious childhood cancer takes advantage of a quality control mechanism that usually protects cells from stress-induced damage to propel tumor growth, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Pittsburgh. By blocking that mechanism, the scientists were
Go-Between Immune Cell is Key to Priming the Body's Fight Against Cancer
Using advanced imaging technology that allowed them to spy on interactions among cells in the lymph nodes of living mice, a research team led by UCSF scientists has identified a cell that is a key player in mounting the immune system’s defense against cancer. The finding opens a new avenue for
Covert Inflammation May Trigger Many Forms of Cancer
A previously unidentifiable type of low-grade inflammation may explain why common anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin have shown promise against some types of cancer – even when patients don’t display typical signs of inflammation. A team led by researchers in the labs of Atul Butte, MD, PhD
3-D Virtual Reality Colonoscopy: Pursuing a Better Path to Colorectal Cancer Prevention
At UCSF’s 3-D Imaging Lab, radiologist Judy Yee, MD, pulls up an image that looks more like a birthday party balloon animal than a patient’s colon: a vibrant, color-segmented tube, torqued and twisted in on itself. Created from thin slices of a computed tomography (CT) scan, the image appears
UC ramps up role for White House's Cancer Moonshot
At the White House’s Cancer Moonshot Summit on Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden announced new actions to speed progress toward ending cancer as we know it, with several efforts involving the University of California. The Cancer Moonshot aims to double the rate of progress – to make a decade's
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Excel in Pediatric Specialties
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have placed among the nation’s premier children’s hospitals in all 10 pediatric specialties. The hospitals ranked among the top 25 in eight of the 10 specialties and were best in the Bay Area in five practices – cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, neonatology
UCSF Researcher Part of Consortium Awarded $7.5M to Evaluate Breast Imaging Strategies
Karla Kerlikowske, MD, a co-principal investigator of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium(BCSC), is part of the team awarded $7.5 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute(PCORI) board of governors to determine the effectiveness of two supplemental breast screening and