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Focused Ultrasound Technology May Overcome Barrier to Brain Tumor Treatments
The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from many viruses, bacteria, and other harmful small molecules that could be circulating throughout the body. However, this same barrier prevents many cancer therapies from reaching brain tumors.
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Cutting-Edge Approaches to Prostate and Breast Cancers: Reach the Right Decision for Each Patient
In this grand rounds presentation, you’ll learn the best risk assessment tools for prostate cancer patients, the latest surgical techniques, such as fluorescence imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound, and tests that allow for matching patients with appropriate options.
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Neurohospitalist Division
UCSF Medical Center is ranked #3 in the nation, Best in the West and #1 in California in neurology and neurosurgery.
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Study Finds Significant Chemical Exposures in Women With Cancer
In a sign that exposure to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be playing a role in cancers of the breast, ovary, skin and uterus, researchers have found that people who developed those cancers have significantly higher levels of these chemicals in their bodies.
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UCSF Urology Experts Highlight Leadership in Innovative Research and Treatment at National Urology Conference
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve prediction of prostate cancer treatment response and biomarkers to enhance prostate cancer diagnosis were among the topics discussed by UCSF clinicians at the American Urological Association’s 2025 annual meeting.
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Novel Technique Improves Skin Color Match in Facial Reconstruction
A new procedure developed by UCSF facial plastic surgeons provides patients undergoing microvascular facial reconstruction with a more accurate skin color match than was previously possible.
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Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-Transplant Clinic
UCSF is one of the few academic medical centers in the United States to offer islet auto-transplantation to minimize diabetes after total pancreatectomy.
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Diagnostic Criteria for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Heather Gibson Huddleston, MD, discusses the basics of PCOS, diagnostic criteria and the impact of weight and BMI.
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Gender-Specific Differences in Stroke Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors
Vineeta Singh, MD discusses sex-specific risk factors in women – including oral contraceptive use, carotid disease and obesity -- and examines whether these risk factors are adequately assessed.
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UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Surgery Designation from the American College of Surgeons
UC San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) is among just four hospitals in the U.S. to be verified as part of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP)...
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Meet the Doctor: Dr. Brian Feeley
Get to Dr. Brian Feeley, an Orthopedic surgeon at USCF.
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Endoscopic Removal of a Giant Pituitary Adenoma: A UCSF Case Study
A patient’s giant pituitary adenoma was successfully removed at UC San Francisco via endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, a technique that offers exceptional visualization.
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Expanded Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Offers Leading-Edge Technology for Assessing Seizures
With a recently expanded 10-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), UCSF Health’s Epilepsy Center is accelerating diagnosis and treatment planning for patients seeking care from Northern California and beyond.
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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Case Study
Edward Hsiao, MD, discusses a case of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), a rare bone disease treated at the UCSF Metabolic Bone Clinic. Dr. Hsiao points out the challenges in caring for FOP, recent research and ongoing trials.
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Cervical and Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Treatment Strategies, Part II: Radiographic Parameters
Dr. Lee Tan reviews cervical deformity radiographic parameters, including cervical lordosis, C2-7 sagittal vertical axis, chin-brow vertical angle, T1 slope, thoracic inlet angle and neck tilt.
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Improving Prediction of Advanced Breast Cancer Among Women of Different Races and Ethnicities
While regular screenings may decrease the chance of diagnosis of advanced breast cancer in some women and lead to a 20% reduction in breast cancer mortality, other women will be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer despite screening at regular intervals.
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Pain in the Butt: Tips on Diagnosing and Caring for Hemorrhoids and Fissures
Diana Ziser Rego, an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner with expertise in lower GI disorders, describes efficient routes to identifying hemorrhoids and anal fissures, offering tips on what questions to ask, straightforward management plans and guidance on when to refer.
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All About Acne (and Other Pustular Problems): Better Management of Skin Conditions
Dermatologist Timothy Berger, MD, dispels acne myths; clarifies which meds are appropriate for which patients; describes possible underlying issues, such as metabolic syndrome and PCOS; and discusses other serious skin issues, from abscesses to staph infections.
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Can AI Predict Serious Adverse Events From IBD Therapies?
In a groundbreaking study, UCSF researchers used a new clinical large language model (LLM) to identify serious adverse events (SAEs) occurring in patients treated with immunosuppressants to manage inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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The Reflux “Cycle of Hell”: An ENT Perspective on Setting Patients Free
When different doctors – PCPs, gastroenterologists and otolaryngologists – take different approaches to the common problem of acid reflux, patients often continue to suffer.
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Don’t Miss a Beat on A-fib: How to Make the Right Plans for Individual Patients
This practical, data-fueled talk from Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, MS, FACC, chief of the UCSF Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service, will help PCPs better understand how to assess stroke risk; make treatment decisions...
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Can Reducing Insulin Resistance Minimize Severe Asthma Symptoms?
UCSF researchers led a study that found insulin resistance (IR) is common in patients with severe asthma and is associated with lung function impairment and suboptimal responses to asthma medications.
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Custom Cochlear Implant Programming Shows Promise for Improving Music Perception
A new clinical trial underway at UCSF, High-Resolution CT-Guided Cochlear Implant Programming, aims to improve speech and music perception for cochlear implant (CI) users.
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The Misery of Everyday Back Pain: Primary Care Keys to Better Outcomes
Pain specialist Conor W. O’Neill, MD, director of the UCSF Nonoperative Spine Program, presents a straightforward approach to assessing low back pain in primary care, including how to efficiently rule out serious causes and how to recognize the multiple factors – biological, psychological and social – that contribute to pain.
