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High Risk for Breast Cancer: Methods and Schedules to Ensure Optimal Screening

Hematologist-oncologist Elham Vosoughi, MD, starts with an update on breast cancer stats, noting that incidence in the United States is increasing by 1% every year – with an even sharper rise for women under 50.

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UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

UCSF Health and John Muir Health specialists in treatments for numerous cancers – including breast, lung, bladder and colon cancer – unpack last year's influential trials, several of which established new standards of care for specific patient populations.

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Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Common Cause of Spinal Pain

This practical presentation from physical and pain medicine specialist Peter I-Kung Wu, MD, PhD, MPH, takes a deep dive into diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a problem that particularly affects men over 50, bringing stiffness ...

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Keeping a Luster in the Golden Years: What Geriatricians Bring to Aging Patients

The complex and broad-ranging needs of older adults can be difficult to meet in the primary care setting – or by specialists seeing them for a single disorder

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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM): A Fresh Look at Health Impacts, Screening Tests & Management Tools

Having experienced GDM herself while pregnant, perinatologist Jennie Duffy, MD, understands the challenges for both patients and doctors in the quest for better glycemic control.

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One Gene Variant Is Poised to Cure Devastating COPA Syndrome

Scientists compared five families and multiple generations to find a gene variant that prevents COPA Syndrome and opens the door to a new gene therapy for the condition.

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International Conference Features UCSF Breast Cancer Experts

Breast cancer experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most prestigious breast cancer conference.

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Novel Therapy Saves Patient with Severe Heart Inflammation

A team at UC San Francisco is using a new class of drugs that target inflammation to treat acute fulminant myocarditis patients.  

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Stephen Hauser Wins Breakthrough Prize for Role in Redefining MS

Neuro-immunologist Stephen Hauser, MD, whose maverick thinking transformed the treatment landscape for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), has received the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

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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.