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<p>One dose of radiation during surgery for early breast cancer is as effective as six weeks of standard treatment – which could save as much as $1.5 billion in the United States over five years.</p>
<p>African American women have lower breast cancer survival rates than white women and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) scientists are studying why – as well as how to increase their life spans.</p>
<p>Mammograms are not one-size-fits-all, says noted breast cancer researcher Karla Kerlikowske, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Rather, they should be customized based on a woman’s age, breast density, family health history and other factors.</p>
<p>UCSF professor Goerge Sawaya, MD, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that developed updated recommendations on breast cancer screening, discusses the rationale and the role of science in advancing change in clinical practice in this video.</p>
Brain tumor specimens taken from neurosurgery cases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has given scientists a new window on the transformation that occurs as healthy brain cells begin to form tumors
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.
<p>Some of the biggest names in the field of global health came to UCSF recently to discuss to work together to improve the education of health professionals in the United States and around the world.</p>
<p>UCSF welcomes hundreds of first-year students, who are members of an entering class that hale from 44 states and 55 countries in addition to the United States and consist of 66 percent women. </p>
Gallo neuroscientist Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, receives President’s Early Career Award, in recognition of her studies on the effects of drug use and stress on the adolescent brain, aimed at developing strategies to mitigate drug dependence.
<p>A type of fat known as brown fat combined with a stimulating environment appears to help burn calories, at least in a mouse, and maybe even in humans. The findings further fuel enthusiasm for research aimed at converting white fat to brown fat.</p>
A new interactive mobile phone app called DiabetesIQ challenges people to test their knowledge of diabetes and to compete with one another as they learn about the complexities of the disease.
<p>Obesity research in overweight humans may soon be guided by genetic studies of eating behavior, metabolism and fat storage in the nematode worm, <em>C elegans</em>.</p>
Biophysicist Adam Abate was the perfect trial candidate for a program called the "QB3 Startup in a Box," which aims at tearing down the obstacles for University of California entrepreneurs and offering guidance and connections ranging from grant-writing to business accounts to legal consultations.
<p>Imagine a statewide research engine of pooled resources, data, and expertise that accelerates the “translation” of academic research to direct patient benefit. This is the goal of the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program.</p>
<p>Health care practitioners are invited to learn how to prevent fraud committed through medical identity theft during a seminar in UCSF's Cole Hall Auditorium on September 27.</p>
Olympians and swimming enthusiasts will take part in Swim Across America’s (SAA) sixth annual San Francisco Bay Area Open Water Swim.
<p>UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Division of General Pediatrics has developed a large collection of pediatric clinical trials, which are now readily accessible via a new website that features the latest news and information on UCSF’s general clinical trials with children. </p>