Prostate cancer screenings among Black men have tripled at some SF health providers as part of a San Francisco Cancer Initiative (SF CAN) project that’s paving the way for state-wide changes. [read more] | |
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The American Society of Radiation Oncology celebrates Mack Roach, III, MD, for his impact on patient treatment and leadership in cancer disparities treatment outcomes. | |
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Co-led by Drs. Eric Small and Felix Feng, the program will receive about $7 million to develop new approaches to the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer. | |
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UCSF is holding free drop-in flu shot clinics for faculty, staff, students, and volunteers at various locations. Everyone is encouraged to get their flu shots by Friday, November 1. | |
Kimberly Badal, PhD - Member, Breast Oncology Program
Ramin Morshed, MD, PhD - Associate Member, Neurologic Oncology
Xiolin Zhu, MD, PhD - Member, Prostate Cancer
Joseph Rohr, MD, PhD - Affiliate Member
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Andrew Ko, MD was named Chief Medical Officer of the UCSF Pancreas Center.
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc was selected to join the fourth cohort of the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award (Winn CDA).
Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD received the Abraham Lilienfeld Award from the American College of Epidemiology.
Scarlet Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD was selected to receive the 2024 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.
Jennifer E. James, PhD, MS, MSW has been sponsored by the cancer center, and chosen from among the most highly ranked candidates, to join the ARCHES Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty. Learn more.
Atul Butte, MD, PhD has been selected to receive the Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence by the American College of Medical Informatics.
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA and Laura van’t Veer, PhD joined other national experts this week at the National Press Club discussing the evolution the of I-SPY trial.
Mark Magbanua, PhD and Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD received a 5-year R01 from the NCI for a project, “Developing liquid biopsy tests for malignant effusions using artificial intelligence-assisted, morphology-based isolation of tumor cells.”
Congratulations to the recent recipients of 2024 Marcus Program in Precision Medicine Awards!
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Lad M, Beniwal AS, Jain S, Shukla P, Kalistratova V, Jung J, Shah SS, Yagnik G, Saha A, Sati A, Babikir H, Nguyen AT, Gill S, Rios J, Young JS, Lui A, Salha D, Diaz A, Aghi MK. Glioblastoma induces the recruitment and differentiation of dendritic-like "hybrid" neutrophils from skull bone marrow. Cancer Cell. 2024 Sep 9;42(9):1549-1569.e16.
Kwok DW, Okada H, Costello JF. Activating the dark genome to illuminate cancer vaccine targets. Nat Genet. 2024 Sep 2. Epub ahead of print.
An Z, Fan QW, Wang L, Yoda H, Barata MJ, Jimenez-Morales D, Phillips JJ, Swaney DL, Stevenson E, Lee E, Krogan N, Weiss WA. EGFR and EGFRvIII coopt host defense pathways, promoting progression in glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Sep 9:noae182.
Shrestha R, Chesner LN, Zhang M, Zhou S, Foye A, Lundberg A, Weinstein AS, Sjöström M, Zhu X, Moreno-Rodriguez T, Li H; SU2C/PCF West Coast Prostate Cancer Dream Team; Alumkal JJ, Aggarwal R, Small EJ, Lupien M, Quigley DA, Feng FY. An Atlas of Accessible Chromatin in Advanced Prostate Cancer Reveals the Epigenetic Evolution during Tumor Progression. Cancer Res. 2024 Sep 16;84(18):3086-3100.
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Cancer Community Connect Newsletter | |
View the first issue of Cancer Community Connect, a newsletter for cancer center trainees, staff, and faculty that focuses on opportunities in career development, mentorship, DEIA, and community engagement! | |
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