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Breast Cancer: The Latest Evidence-Based Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Options

In this informative webinar, UCSF breast surgeon Shoko Emily Abe, MD, reviews current evidence informing breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment

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Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs

Blood in urine is common – and stressful for patients, who want an immediate diagnosis.

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High Risk for Breast Cancer: Methods and Schedules to Ensure Optimal Screening

Hematologist-oncologist Elham Vosoughi, MD, starts with an update on breast cancer stats, noting that incidence in the United States is increasing by 1% every year – with an even sharper rise for women under 50.

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UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

UCSF Health and John Muir Health specialists in treatments for numerous cancers – including breast, lung, bladder and colon cancer – unpack last year's influential trials, several of which established new standards of care for specific patient populations.

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Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Common Cause of Spinal Pain

This practical presentation from physical and pain medicine specialist Peter I-Kung Wu, MD, PhD, MPH, takes a deep dive into diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a problem that particularly affects men over 50, bringing stiffness ...

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‘Every Time I Relapsed, There Would Be a New Course of Therapy’

He was told cancer would kill him in two to four years. Fourteen years later, he credits a series of medications and treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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Improving Management and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer

UCSF’s Julie Ann Sosa, MD, co-led an international task force establishing new clinical guidelines for the management of differentiated thyroid cancer.

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Can a Simple Blood Test Measure Fracture Recovery?

A new UCSF-led study has identified a potential early blood-based indicator of long bone fracture healing, offering a powerful new avenue to track recovery and personalize care.

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Sneaky Senescent Cells That Resist Cancer Treatment Can Provide Druggable Lung Cancer Target

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells that no longer divide and protect against tumor development.

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Novel Therapy Aims to Make Type 1 Diabetes Patients Insulin Free

UCSF providing laboratory-produced islet cell therapy as part of clinical trial for Type 1 diabetes patients.