UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Championing basic science, clinical research, epidemiology/cancer control, and patient care.
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Step away from the tanning bed. Collaborative research from @shainlab.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social and Northwestern nypost.com/2025/12/21/h...
Tanning beds are actually changing your DNA in this potentially deadly way: ‘Never been shown before’
Despite coming back in style, the dangers of tanning beds never went away, particularly one side effect that’s more than skin deep and literally changing DNA.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Step away from the tanning bed. Collaborative research from @shainlab.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social and Northwestern nypost.com/2025/12/21/h...
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Congrats to @sjohnliu.bsky.social named 1 of 3 recipients of this yr’s Distinguished Scientist Award from The Sontag Foundation! It will support research using new functional genomic techniques to find better therapies for glioblastoma @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congrats to @sjohnliu.bsky.social named 1 of 3 recipients of this yr’s Distinguished Scientist Award from The Sontag Foundation! It will support research using new functional genomic techniques to find better therapies for glioblastoma @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
Kudos to Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc, FASCO @ucsfhealth.bsky.social (seen here with @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social mentor and current @ascocancer.bsky.social President Dr. Eric Small) on being elected to the ASCO Nominating Committee. www.asco.org/about-asco/p...
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Kudos to Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc, FASCO @ucsfhealth.bsky.social (seen here with @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social mentor and current @ascocancer.bsky.social President Dr. Eric Small) on being elected to the ASCO Nominating Committee. www.asco.org/about-asco/p...
“We found that tanning bed users in their 30s and 40s had even more mutations than people in the general population who were in their 70s and 80s” @bishaltandukar.bsky.social @shainlab.bsky.social on latest study from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social & Northwestern Univ cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2025/12...
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“We found that tanning bed users in their 30s and 40s had even more mutations than people in the general population who were in their 70s and 80s” @bishaltandukar.bsky.social @shainlab.bsky.social on latest study from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social & Northwestern Univ cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2025/12...
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Good news keeps coming! Excited to share our latest preprint expanding myeloid cell editing capabilities: Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells, led by Hyuncheol Jung and Pascal Devant joint with @juliacarnevale.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Good news keeps coming! Excited to share our latest preprint expanding myeloid cell editing capabilities: Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells, led by Hyuncheol Jung and Pascal Devant joint with @juliacarnevale.bsky.social
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Landmark study! WISDOM study demonstrated that a risk-based approach successfully stratifies the population for breast cancer risk and is safe and acceptable to women. @drlauraesserman.bsky.social. Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening
This randomized clinical trial examines whether risk-based screening is a safe and effective alternative to annual mammography for detecting breast cancer in women 40 years and older.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Landmark study! WISDOM study demonstrated that a risk-based approach successfully stratifies the population for breast cancer risk and is safe and acceptable to women. @drlauraesserman.bsky.social. Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Probably the most important study that’s been presented at this meeting.” Dr. Eric Winer of @yalecancer.bsky.social comments on results from @wisdomstudy.bsky.social by lead author Dr. Laura Esserman @ucsfhealth.bsky.social at #SABCS2025 @sabcs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/h...
Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers
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December 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Probably the most important study that’s been presented at this meeting.” Dr. Eric Winer of @yalecancer.bsky.social comments on results from @wisdomstudy.bsky.social by lead author Dr. Laura Esserman @ucsfhealth.bsky.social at #SABCS2025 @sabcs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/h...
Today at 4pm | Friday Cancer Research Seminar: Aaron Hata, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine @harvard.edu presents “Mechanisms driving evolution of drug resistance in lung cancer”
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December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today at 4pm | Friday Cancer Research Seminar: Aaron Hata, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine @harvard.edu presents “Mechanisms driving evolution of drug resistance in lung cancer”
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Nearly 1 in 3 insurance denials for cancer genetic testing overturned on appeal, finds new @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
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study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
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Health Affairs Journal
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December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nearly 1 in 3 insurance denials for cancer genetic testing overturned on appeal, finds new @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
study of 941 cases across 4 states. Results reveal gaps between payer policies and clinical guidelines. @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
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Real Impact with Artificial Intelligence:
Johan Hartman, Tufia Haddad, Amrita Basu, and advocate Carole L Baas explored this topic in an #SABCS25 educational session moderated by Frederick M Howard.
Johan Hartman, Tufia Haddad, Amrita Basu, and advocate Carole L Baas explored this topic in an #SABCS25 educational session moderated by Frederick M Howard.
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Real Impact with Artificial Intelligence:
Johan Hartman, Tufia Haddad, Amrita Basu, and advocate Carole L Baas explored this topic in an #SABCS25 educational session moderated by Frederick M Howard.
Johan Hartman, Tufia Haddad, Amrita Basu, and advocate Carole L Baas explored this topic in an #SABCS25 educational session moderated by Frederick M Howard.
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Gladstone researcher Alex Marson and his collaborators at Stanford University developed a genomic mapping technique that helps close the gap in understanding why certain genetic variants are tied to disease.
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Genomic Maps Untangle the Complex Roots of Disease
Findings of the new study in Nature could streamline scientific discovery and accelerate drug development.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gladstone researcher Alex Marson and his collaborators at Stanford University developed a genomic mapping technique that helps close the gap in understanding why certain genetic variants are tied to disease.
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@stanford.edu
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Applications are open for the 2026 CTCRE Postdoctoral Fellowship! Train with UCSF faculty and join a community committed to ending tobacco use. Apply today: tobacco.ucsf.edu/fellowship
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Applications are open for the 2026 CTCRE Postdoctoral Fellowship! Train with UCSF faculty and join a community committed to ending tobacco use. Apply today: tobacco.ucsf.edu/fellowship
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The Liu lab is now recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study brain tumor biology using advanced functional #genomics techniques. Apply now: postdocs.ucsf.edu/postdoctoral...
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs @sjohnliu.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs @sjohnliu.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Liu lab is now recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study brain tumor biology using advanced functional #genomics techniques. Apply now: postdocs.ucsf.edu/postdoctoral...
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs @sjohnliu.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs @sjohnliu.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
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Proud to have three @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social faculty members from our department make it on this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers from @clarivate.com!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Proud to have three @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social faculty members from our department make it on this year's list of Highly Cited Researchers from @clarivate.com!
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#UCSFProud @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
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#UCSFProud @ucsfcancer.bsky.social
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More details in our new work:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
More details in our new work:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What drives the earliest steps of skin cancer development?
In keratinocyte cancers, the first selected mutations almost always hit TP53 and NOTCH genes—plus occasional hits in chromatin remodeling genes or the Hippo pathway.
In keratinocyte cancers, the first selected mutations almost always hit TP53 and NOTCH genes—plus occasional hits in chromatin remodeling genes or the Hippo pathway.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What drives the earliest steps of skin cancer development?
In keratinocyte cancers, the first selected mutations almost always hit TP53 and NOTCH genes—plus occasional hits in chromatin remodeling genes or the Hippo pathway.
In keratinocyte cancers, the first selected mutations almost always hit TP53 and NOTCH genes—plus occasional hits in chromatin remodeling genes or the Hippo pathway.
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CTCRE faculty Nhung Nguyen, PhD, is the lead author on a new paper published this week in Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Access the paper here: academic.oup.com/abm/article/...
Access the paper here: academic.oup.com/abm/article/...
Barriers and facilitators to nicotine and cannabis vaping cessation among young adults: a qualitative study using Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behavior (COM-B) model and Theoretical Domain...
AbstractBackground. Despite young adults’ growing use of nicotine and cannabis vaporized products (vaping), little is known about factors influencing vapin
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December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
CTCRE faculty Nhung Nguyen, PhD, is the lead author on a new paper published this week in Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Access the paper here: academic.oup.com/abm/article/...
Access the paper here: academic.oup.com/abm/article/...
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Thanks to a complex regimen of experimental immunotherapies, a person with HIV was able to keep symptoms in check for 1.5+ years w/o daily medication, a study published in @nature.com finds. UCSF’s Dr. Steven Deeks describes the breakthrough as “unexpected & unparalleled.” ucsfh.org/3XvbDSM
Small study shows a promising path toward HIV cure
Antiretroviral drugs that prevent HIV and keep it in check have been transformative, but a cure has been a long-sought goal.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thanks to a complex regimen of experimental immunotherapies, a person with HIV was able to keep symptoms in check for 1.5+ years w/o daily medication, a study published in @nature.com finds. UCSF’s Dr. Steven Deeks describes the breakthrough as “unexpected & unparalleled.” ucsfh.org/3XvbDSM
"People need a space that they can get back in their skin. If you need to paint your anger, paint your anger. If you need to paint your resiliency and paint a new version of hope that is true to you, we are there for that too," says Art for Recovery Director Van Cleve.
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Cancer threw their life into turmoil, a paint brush helped restore it: A look at new SFMOMA exhibit
A new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art showcases the works of 30 UCSF cancer patients.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"People need a space that they can get back in their skin. If you need to paint your anger, paint your anger. If you need to paint your resiliency and paint a new version of hope that is true to you, we are there for that too," says Art for Recovery Director Van Cleve.
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Join us Monday, Dec. 8 at 10am to hear from David Raleigh, faculty / PI for the Brain Tumor Center on "Molecular classification of meningioma for clinical risk stratification and therapeutic innovation" @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...
Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting
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December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Join us Monday, Dec. 8 at 10am to hear from David Raleigh, faculty / PI for the Brain Tumor Center on "Molecular classification of meningioma for clinical risk stratification and therapeutic innovation" @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/comput...
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I am thrilled to share the latest manuscript from the Shain lab, describing the genetic changes that transform a keratinocyte into cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (and everything in between). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genetic evolution of keratinocytes to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Nature Communications - The evolution of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) remains poorly understood. Here, the authors employ multi-omics and multi-scale analyses to explore the genetic...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I am thrilled to share the latest manuscript from the Shain lab, describing the genetic changes that transform a keratinocyte into cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (and everything in between). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The lab was well represented at #SNO2025 in Honolulu spanning 4 presentations. Congratulations, team! @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The lab was well represented at #SNO2025 in Honolulu spanning 4 presentations. Congratulations, team! @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfradonc.bsky.social
“No one should have to walk through those moments alone...my hope is that my art becomes a quiet companion to the viewers, something that shines light when your world might feel dark.” Allison Leeds on her @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Art for Recovery SFMOMA piece
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UCSF cancer patients showcase artwork at SFMOMA
The exhibit launched late last month and will run until April.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“No one should have to walk through those moments alone...my hope is that my art becomes a quiet companion to the viewers, something that shines light when your world might feel dark.” Allison Leeds on her @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Art for Recovery SFMOMA piece
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This Friday 11/21 at 4pm PT: Neel H. Shah, PhD @nshahlab.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social presents "Exploring mutational effects in cell signaling from the molecular to the cellular scale" at Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/cancer...
Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series: Neel Shah, PhD
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November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Friday 11/21 at 4pm PT: Neel H. Shah, PhD @nshahlab.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social presents "Exploring mutational effects in cell signaling from the molecular to the cellular scale" at Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/cancer...
Dr. Van Loon @kvanloonmd.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social spoke to @ktvufox2.bsky.social about an alarming new study giving clues that dietary patterns may be linked to the rise in colorectal cancer among younger people
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New study links ultra-processed foods to rising colon cancer risk among young adults
Ultra-processed items include boxed soups, frozen meals and products with long shelf lives — foods many Americans grew up eating in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Dr. Van Loon @kvanloonmd.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social spoke to @ktvufox2.bsky.social about an alarming new study giving clues that dietary patterns may be linked to the rise in colorectal cancer among younger people
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