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A Better Understanding of Breast Cancer Risk: How to Find the Best Options for Individual Patients
Doctors must weigh numerous factors as they seek to identify and manage patients at high breast cancer risk.
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A Concise Guide to Colorectal Cancer for Primary Care Providers
This presentation on colorectal cancer – the third most common cancer in the U.S. – unpacks the risk factors (including how to assess family history); reviews symptoms, treatments and survival data; and offers guidance on meeting patients’ post-treatment needs.
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Hope on the Horizon: Specialists Reveal New Approaches to Deadly Malignancies
Here’s an exciting look at recent improvements in our understanding and management of certain malignancies normally associated with a poor prognosis.
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Anal Cancer: A Primary Care Guide to Risks and Screening
Infectious disease specialist Cristina Brickman, MD, MSCE, explains how common anal cancer really is, which HPV types are associated, which patient populations should be screened and when to start – and when to refer to a specialist. Videos demonstrate proper technique for anal cytology collection and digital anorectal exams.
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Response to Cancer Immunotherapy May Be Affected by Genes We Carry from Birth
A new study finds that inherited genetic variation plays a role in who is likely to benefit from checkpoint inhibitors, which release the immune system’s brakes so it can attack cancer.
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Cancer Update: Safe Opioid Use and Innovations in Blood Cancer Therapies
In this three-part presentation, UCSF substance use experts offer prescribing strategies and tips on patient communication to ensure pain relief without enabling drug dependence.
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UCSF Researchers Help Gain FDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Imaging Technique
Method is a ‘game changer’ that should become the standard of care, say UCSF researchers who validated its effectiveness.
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Update on Liver Lesions: What Works in Managing HCC
Based on clear metrics, transplant hepatologist Neil Mehta, MD, presents diagnostic criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma, then shows how UCSF’s HCC team reaches decisions on treatment for individual cases – with plans ranging from resection or ablation to downstaging drugs and transplantation.
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UCSF Ranked #10 for Cancer Care | Clinical Trials Update
We are pleased to announce that UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as the best hospital in Northern California for cancer care — and among the top 10 cancer programs nationally — by U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 survey of Best Hospitals.
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Strategies for Head and Neck Cancer: What to Look, Feel and Listen For
UCSF specialist Chase Heaton, MD, presents a guide to identifying head and neck cancers, including steps, tools and tips for a comprehensive exam; alarm-bell statements from your patients; and the one assumption you want to make about any neck lump.
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Neck Knowledge: Diagnostics and Care for Growths in Adults
Dr. Patrick Ha, UCSF’s chief of head and neck surgical oncology, breaks down the neck’s complex anatomy and provides a case-based discussion of common growths – including developmental cysts, salivary gland disorders, thyroid masses and HPV-related cancers. Included is a useful diagnostic flowchart.
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California Center for Pituitary Disorders
The California Center for Pituitary Disorders is the largest practice for pituitary disorders in the United States & performs more pituitary surgeries than any other medical center in the U.S.
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Cancer Services Referral Directory
One of the primary objectives at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is to be a partner in care, supporting patients’ treatments and providing physicians with efficient access to our services.
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Tour UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital
UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital represents the culmination of the science and expertise that has made our cancer program second to none.
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2019-20 Referral Services Guide
UCSF Health is recognized throughout the world for innovative treatments, advanced technology, collaboration among clinicians and scientists, and a highly compassionate team of patient care providers.
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Oral Dysplasia Program
Oral dysplasia patients at UCSF benefit from an internationally recognized team of multidisciplinary experts with the highest level of expertise in this difficult-to-manage and often unpredictable disease.
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Adrenal Tumors and Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy (PRA): A Case Study
Sanziana Roman, MD, an endocrine surgeon, discusses a patient’s treatment for a tumor in the retroperitoneum, near the adrenal gland.
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Pancreas Center
Novel therapeutics and state-of-the-art surgical techniques combined with an array of support services for patients
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Approaches to Hematologic Cancers
Jeffrey Wolf, MD, director of the Myeloma Program at UCSF Health, discusses the traditional approaches to hematologic cancers.
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Case Study: Multiple Myeloma and Novel Immunotherapy Approaches
Hematologist Nina Shah discusses the treatment plan of a patient diagnosed with a smoldering multiple myeloma (MM).
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Incorporating Clinical Trials Into Patient Care: A Unique Approach to Treating Head & Neck Cancer
With the advent of immunotherapy, UCSF physicians are incorporating clinical trials into head and neck cancer patient care and changing the treatment paradigm.
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Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant
Specialized treatments for acute and chronic blood conditions, from cancers to the full range of non-malignant blood disorders
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Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Expert care to improve both survival and quality of life
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Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program
Highly specialized care for patients with melanoma, Merkel Cell and other skin cancers
