The UCSF Endocrine Surgery and Oncology program delivers state-of-the-art care surgical care, complemented by a strong clinical research enterprise geared towards discovering effective therapies to treat thyroid and other endocrine cancers. This approach is particularly important for patients who have exhausted conventional therapies. Our lab research is focused on gaining a better understanding of thyroid cancer biology, developing and improving diagnostic and predictive tests, and finding novel and innovative treatments.
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Incidental Thyroid Nodules: Benign Bump or Big Deal?
A lump on the thyroid is a common finding in both physical exams and imaging studies, but the significance varies greatly.
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Handling Hypothyroidism: Management Basics and Pearls
Get more comfortable assessing patients for this common disorder, determining whether treatment is appropriate and initiating levothyroxine therapy. Endocrinologist Chienying Liu, MD, illuminates such issues as when to treat subclinical hypothyroidism.
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Knotty Problems of the Neck: A Guide for Primary Care
Endocrine surgeon Wen T. Shen, MD, MA, offers guidance on everything from physical exams to presurgical workups, including key factors in risk assessment, when to order imaging (and what type), and how to pick up on hyperparathyroidism, ...
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Complex Drugs, Complex Patients: Navigating New Options for Diabetes Management
Robert J. Rushakoff, MD, helps providers get up to speed on the latest drugs, explaining benefits, crucial caveats, and factors ranging from expense to nonadherence.
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Scientists Discover How to Make Ordinary Fat Cells Burn Calories
Researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature.
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Scientists Discover a New Hormone that Can Build Strong Bones
A newly discovered hormone that keeps the bones of breastfeeding women strong could also help bone fractures heal and treat osteoporosis in the broader population.
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Prostate Cancer Test Is Missing Early Disease in Transgender Women
Transgender women on hormone therapy tend to skew artificially low on prostate cancer screening tests, which may give false reassurance and delay diagnosis and treatment, reports a new study led by UC San Francisco.
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Algorithm Improves Blood Sugar Control in Hospitalized Patients
Controlling blood sugar in the hospital setting is challenging for a variety of reasons including inconsistent caloric intake, changes in kidney and liver function, surgery, infections, and limitations in labor-intensive glucose monitoring ...
The UCSF Endocrine Surgery and Oncology program delivers state-of-the-art care surgical care, complemented by a strong clinical research enterprise geared towards discovering effective therapies to treat thyroid and other endocrine cancers. This approach is particularly important for patients who have exhausted conventional therapies. Our lab research is focused on gaining a better understanding of thyroid cancer biology, developing and improving diagnostic and predictive tests, and finding novel and innovative treatments.
