Prostate Cancer Clinical Care at UCSF
In San Francisco: UCSF Prostate Cancer Center
- About Prostate Cancer: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Support
- Learn More: Patient Education Sheets
Prostate Cancer Information
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis, Grading & Staging
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: Introduction
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: Some Helpful Hints
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: Treatments
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Patient's Guide to Prostate Cancer: What is Prostate Cancer?
- Prostate Cancer Glossary
Prostate Cancer research at UCSF
Prostate Cancer Program (NCI funded research)
The Prostate Cancer Program is a multidisciplinary group of investigators focused on understanding the core biology that drives the clinical behavior of prostate cancer across the full spectrum of the disease. The Program promotes interdisciplinary research that will allow a better understanding of the biology of prostate cancer from the biologic and environmental factors associated with carcinogenesis, through the early detection and disease progression to prognostication, and the biologic basis of disease progression.
The Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research
Founded in 2019, the mission of the UCSF Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research is to understand the fundamental biology underlying aggressive prostate cancer and develop strategies that will lead to a cure for metastatic disease. The Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research recognizes that prostate cancer represents a heterogeneous disease. The Initiative seeks to transform prostate cancer treatment, from a “one-size-fits-all” approach, to a strategy where therapies are informed by the molecular mechanisms that govern a patient’s individual cancer.
The department conducts basic scientific work to analyze and categorize different types of prostate cancer and the health risks they pose. Department of Urology faculty lead large epidemiological studies on dietary and other lifestyle interventions that may help reduce the risk of the disease. UCSF Urology also heads CaPSURE™, a multicenter longitudinal study of men with prostate cancer.