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.
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Beneficial Skin Bacteria Protect Against Skin Cancer
February 28, 2018
Science continues to peel away layers of the skin microbiome to reveal its protective properties. In a study published in Science Advances on February 28, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report a potential new role for some bacteria on the skin: protecting against cancer.
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 Personalized Immunotherapy Trial Launched Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
December 10, 2020
…cells) to destroy his cancer. New Personalized Immunotherapy Trial Launched Despite COVID-19 Pandemic First patient to receive individualized TIL therapy undergoes treatment at Moores Cancer Center Since 2016, Bernard Thurman has undergone traditional treatments, experimental therapies and surgeries to counter the cancer within him, but nothing successfully eradicated the disease.…
In Cells, UV-Emitting Nail Polish Dryers Damage DNA and Cause Mutations
January 17, 2023
The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought. Researchers at UC San Diego studied these UV light-emitting devices, and found that their use leads to cell death and cancer-causing mutations in human cells.
A Father Advocates for the HPV Vaccine After Advanced Throat Cancer
August 4, 2022
…Vaccine After Advanced Throat Cancer It was a typical morning for Mike West, one that usually started with a quick shave before getting ready for work. However, this specific morning, he felt something unusual: a small, but hard lump just under his skin on his throat. West decided to call…
UC San Diego Bruce Gorder 5K Walk For Melanoma Celebrates 20 Years on Oct. 19
September 23, 2013
By the time Bruce Gorder was diagnosed with melanoma, it was too late. At just 37, his life was taken by the deadly disease, leaving his wife, young daughter and family devastated. Yet out of the tragedy a new initiative was borne—one that could potentially save lives.
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.
What Happens When We Sunburn
July 9, 2012
…radiation – is a consequence of RNA damage to skin cells, report researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere in the July 8, 2012 Advance Online Publication of Nature Medicine.
UC San Diego Researchers Link Higher Risk of Leukemia to Low Sunlight and Vitamin D
January 6, 2016
Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight/ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations.
