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The Berkeley Outpatient Center Opened in Fall of 2024
Radiation Oncology’s Berkeley Outpatient Center location officially opened for new patient consultations on November 19, 2024 and treatments began on December 10th. This location is a partnership with John Muir Health (JMH) that provides East Bay cancer patients with...
Mekheil Anwar Awarded by ARPA-H, Powerful New Mini Microscope Will Enable Precision Cancer Surgery
Cancer surgery is often a race against time to remove as many tumor cells as possible without sacrificing healthy tissue. But even successful procedures can leave behind remnants that may reignite the disease, leading to additional surgeries or treatments like...
Congratulations, Dr. Roach!!
Dr. Mack Roach, MD, FASTRO, to be Presented ASTRO Gold Medal Award The UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology is pleased to announce that our own Dr. Mack Roach, MD, FASTRO, has been named a winner the ASTRO Gold Medal Award. In the official award announcement, ASTRO...
Project Pink Wheels Visits Rad Onc
On May 13, 2022, UCSF Radiation Oncology was visited by a very special team of firefighters from the Project Pink Wheels team of Contra Costa County at the request of a patient’s family member. Project Pink Wheels deployed their special pink fire truck to show support...
UCSF Radiation Oncology Celebrates National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week celebrates the hard work, compassion, and diligence that nurses display on a daily basis. The American Nurses Association first celebrated this week-long event May 6-12, 1994, and it continues annually. Felix Militante writes “This past year was...
Rad Onc Rocks BASF 2022
Rad Onc Rocks BASF 2022 Radiation Oncology recently participated in the 2022 Bay Area Science Festival. BASF brings together STEM role models, families, youth and adults to experience the wonder of science. This year our dedicated team taught our guests how to...
Dr. David Raleigh Receives Grant to Explore How Fats Cause Cancer
David Raleigh, MD, PhD will embark on research supported by a Bold and Basic Grant from the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute. He and Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD will together explore how lipids in the primary cilium activate oncogenic Hedgehog signaling. Watch the...
Dr. Felix Feng is a Senior Researcher on Promising New Prostate Cancer Study
A test often used in breast cancer has been found to also identify which patients with aggressive prostate cancer will benefit from hormonal therapy. Dr. Felix Feng, one of the senior authors on an article published in JAMA Oncology, said “We’re hopeful that the...