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.
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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…
Class Acts: 2020 Grads Step into the Spotlight
June 4, 2020
…“Our discussions with various oncologists and cancer patients highlighted some of the most pressing challenges in cancer diagnostics today, mainly the issue of cost, invasiveness and limited accuracy.” Those discussions were used as a launching point to create a protein that could be applied to blood samples and give off…
UC San Diego Physician Honored for Pioneering Palliative Care Advances
November 16, 2012
Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAHPM, provost and vice president of the Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, a teaching affiliate of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, is this year’s American Cancer Society “Pathfinder in Palliative Care” honoree. The award – which recognizes individuals…
UC San Diego-Human Longevity Inc. Agreement Seeks to Accelerate Medical Science
March 4, 2014
The new collaborative research agreement between Human Longevity Inc. (HLI) and the University of California, San Diego, announced today, represents a significant and necessary step in efforts to research and translate the potential of the human genome into novel and real treatments and therapies able to change and improve the…
Man and Life: How Marriage, Race and Ethnicity and Birthplace Affect Cancer Survival
April 10, 2016
Previous studies have shown that married patients with cancer fare better than unmarried cancer patients, surviving more often and longer. In a new study, published April 11 in the journal Cancer, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that the benefits of being married vary by…
Antibody Breaks Leukemia’s Hold, Providing New Therapeutic Approach
October 27, 2016
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer known for drug resistance and relapse. In an effort to uncover new treatment strategies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center discovered that a cell surface molecule known as CD98 promotes AML. The study also…
