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Two of the sharpest minds in the field of cancer virology are scheduled to present the Maurice, Ethel, and Jane Sokolow Memorial Cancer Endowment Lectureship at the HDFCCC on October 25th and 26th. Yuan Chang, MD, and Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH, from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Cigarette smokers with high levels of psychological distress are often heavy smokers, and thus identified as a “hard core” group who are less willing or able to quit than other smokers. However, a study by UC San Francisco researchers shows that over the course of 19 years, from 1997 to 2015, this

​ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to two UC San Francisco researchers to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research. The highly competitive grants, which were announced Oct. 5 among 86 such awards nationwide, were made under the

Today two widely respected and accomplished breast cancer investigators join the ranks of an esteemed group of scientists as recipients of this year’s Brinker Awards – the highest scientific honor awarded by Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization. Established by Komen in 1992

Strata Oncology, Inc. (Strata), a precision oncology company, announced a collaboration with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to launch StratifyProstateTM a unique initiative focused on expanding access to tumor sequencing nationwide for men with advanced prostate cancer and to

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco has been certified as the first medical center in California to provide CAR-T therapy for children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), who have failed standard treatment. The first pediatric patient at UCSF Benioff Children’s

The University of California’s five academic cancer centers, home to some of the world’s leading scientists and physicians, have formed a consortium to better address California’s most pressing cancer-related problems and opportunities, UC President Janet Napolitano and Dr. John Stobo, executive