APRIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Earlier this year, Roxanna Bautista and Lisa Tealer were appointed co-leaders of the Cancer Center’s Community Advisory Board (CAB). In a Q&A, they each discuss their community advocacy work and the CAB’s important role as a partner to the Cancer Center. [read more]
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From our members to our junior researchers, the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center has an impressive presence at this year's AACR Annual Meeting. View awards, presentations, and social media highlights from the conference.
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Funded by various agencies across UCSF, the awards span a range of topics from targeting cell growth in pancreatic cancer to predicting head and neck radiotherapy toxicities to evaluating a digital health intervention in breast cancer patients.
National Cancer Plan
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The National Cancer Institute has released the National Cancer Plan, a long-term ambitious framework to end cancer as we know it. The plan was developed to coordinate a national response to achieving the goals of the Cancer Moonshot and deliver better cancer outcomes to all people.
Awards & Distinctions
Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS has been honored with the 2023 Science of Oncology Award by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Nancy Oberheim Bush, MD, PhD and Katsuto Shinohara, MD were among the recipients of 2022-23 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Awards. Read more.

William Chen, MD and Lindsey Draper, MD were named fellows in the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Physician-Scientist Fellowship program. Read more.

James Lee, MD, MHS and team's proposal, "Establishing and Overcoming the Mechanisms of Liver Metastasis-Induced Systemic Tumor Immune Tolerance and Immunotherapy Resistance in Melanoma," was recommended for funding for a Department of Defense CDMRP Melanoma Research Program Team Science Award.

Congratulations to the recent recipients of HDFCCC WOW Awards: Manaswini Avvari, Lauren Ford, Michelle Howell, and Jamese Johnson!
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Recent Publications


Bidkar AP, Wang S, Bobba KN, Chan E, Bidlingmaier S, Egusa EA, Peter R, Ali U, Meher N, Wadhwa A, Dhrona S, Dasari C, Beckford-Vera D, Su Y, Tang R, Zhang L, He J, Wilson DM, Aggarwal R, VanBrocklin HF, Seo Y, Chou J, Liu B, Flavell RR. Treatment of prostate cancer with CD46 targeted 225Ac alpha particle radioimmunotherapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Mar 14:CCR-22-3291.

Education & Training
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The cancer center's shared resources represent state-of-the-art support services and technology that provide critical support to investigators. Open to postdocs, grad students, and faculty. Learn more and register.


Part of the HDFCCC K12 Physician Scientist Program in Clinical Oncology Career Development and Leadership Seminar Series. Open to early career faculty, clinical fellows, and residents. Learn more and register.
Community Engagement
Apr 19, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm

In this quarterly lecture hosted by the Office of Community Engagement, Stephanie Chuang will discuss, "The Exponential Power of Stories."
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Upcoming Events
This CME webinar features presentations by Drs. Laura Esserman, A. Jo Chien, Katy Tsai, and Zoe Quandt.

Part of the 28th annual Breast Oncology Program retreat, this in-person event will feature multiple speakers.

Join the UCSF PurpleStride team, led by Dr. Andrew Ko, in supporting PanCAN's mission to improve patient outcomes and increase awareness about pancreatic cancer!

An annual celebration of the many contributions of clinical research coordinators (CRCs) to UCSF’s clinical research enterprise. Nominate an outstanding colleague for the CRC of the Year Award by May 1st!

May 20: Hope Walk 2023
UCSF-JMH Cancer Network is proud to be a sponsor of Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area’s (CSC) 9th Annual Hope Walk. CSC has been providing help and hope to cancer patients and their family members since 1990.

Presenting the 1st Biannual 2023 Symposium Highlighting Cancer Research at Parnassus! This series aims to enhance cohesion and collaboration between cancer researchers within the Parnassus Campus, as well as with other HDFCCC locations.