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Proven, Practical Prevention: Lower Your Patients’ Cancer Risks – and Anxiety
In this second part of her series on lifestyle and cancer, medical oncologist Natalie Marshall, MD, offers evidence-based answers to common questions on diet, sleep, and other risk-related factors.
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How Technology, Human Values and New Scrutiny of Old Methods Are Improving Cancer Outcomes
Three surgical oncologists offer exciting news on hepatobiliary, thyroid and breast cancers. First up is a look at benefits of minimally invasive robotic surgery for rectal cancers; regional therapy for metastatic GI cancer; 3D virtual ...
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Screening Guidelines for Common Cancers: A Lifesaving Update
In just 35 minutes, hematologist-oncologist Akshiv Malhotra, MD, presents the current recommendations on cervical, breast, colon and lung cancers, breaking down the test options for each and when to start tests based on a patient’s risk.
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CBC: Optimizing Use of an Everyday Blood Test
Hematologist Neil Dunavin, MD, a specialist in blood cancers and BMT, elucidates the commonly ordered yet imperfectly understood complete blood count, with guidance on which differential type to order and which results call for investigation.
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UCSF500 Cancer Gene Panel Test
The UCSF500 Cancer Gene Panel is a molecular diagnostic test appropriate for patients with advanced cancer, especially those who experience a poor response to standard therapy.
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UCSF at the Forefront of New Therapies, Giving Hope to Multiple Myeloma Patients
Over the past few decades, advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) have accelerated at a thrilling pace, with a wealth of new therapeutic options now available for patients with this serious disease.
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Advances in Treating Colorectal Cancer With Liver Metastases
Giving new hope to potentially thousands of patients, surgeons at UC San Francisco are now providing lifesaving procedures for many colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread to the liver.
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UCSF Clinic Fills Unmet Need for Managing Oral Side Effects of Cancer Therapies
As advances in cancer treatments have expanded, so has the number of side effects that impact the mouth. Oral medicine specialists at UC San Francisco are working to mitigate these often-debilitating problems, which affect the majority ...
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