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At Initial Cancer Diagnosis, a Deeply Personalized Assessment

October 13, 2021

UC San Diego researchers report that conducting genomic evaluations of advanced malignancies can be effective in guiding first-line-of-treatment, rather than waiting until standard-of-care therapies have failed.

Transplant, Cancer Patients Among First to Get Evusheld at UC San Diego Health

March 21, 2022

UC San Diego Health is now administering Evusheld to eligible, immunocompromised patients to protect against the COVID-19 virus.

New Radiation Therapy Delays Brain Cancer Regrowth, Protects Healthy Tissue

September 19, 2022

UC San Diego Health now offers a novel therapy option shown to extend the lifespan and improve quality of life for certain patients.

New Treatment for Urinary Tract Cancer Could Prevent Kidney Dialysis, Transplant

October 19, 2022

UC San Diego Health is now offering a new treatment for patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer that could safely avoid removal of the entire kidney, which may prevent the need for dialysis or kidney transplant in the future.

Gene Therapy Finds New Life in an Old Home

November 10, 2022

An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.

New Prostate Biopsy Procedure Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy

April 25, 2023

New UC San Diego Health transperineal prostate biopsy procedure now offered in clinic setting.

UC San Diego Health First in Region to Provide Novel Therapy for Melanoma

June 4, 2024

Breakthrough one-time cancer treatment option for select patients with metastatic melanoma and solid tumors now offered at UC San Diego Health.

UC San Diego Health Offers Novel Gene Therapy for Bladder Cancer

July 8, 2024

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in San Diego County to offer novel gene therapy for bladder cancer.

Breaking Barriers, Shattering Glass: Women in Medicine Month

September 25, 2024

September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.

We Need You: Join All of Us to Advance Precision Medicine

May 10, 2018

…for that individual patient. Oncologists are at the table with geneticists, radiologists, biomedical informatics specialists, other medical experts and computer scientists. They took up Lyon’s case. Lyon’s tumor DNA had an almost-unheard-of 100 mutations. But, based on his genetic data, the Molecular Tumor Board experts recommended a particular type of…

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