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The UC Board of Regents has approved a state-of-the-art UCSF cancer treatment center, as well as UCSF research space, a life sciences incubator, and primary and specialty care clinics as part of the Dogpatch Power Station development in southeast San Francisco.

A public-private partnership, the UCSF Life Sciences Building will be located four blocks south of UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus site and will serve as an anchor tenant in the Power Station project, bringing jobs and access to UCSF Health clinical care in a growing area of the city.

Central to the building’s benefits is a center for proton beam therapy, a highly precise treatment that is currently available only in Southern California and Seattle on the West Coast. When it opens in 2029, the proton therapy center will serve patients throughout Northern California. The building will also host a life sciences incubator for scientific startup companies that benefit from proximity to UCSF’s research campus nearby.

“This is an exciting project that will bring together renowned patient care and biomedical research, as well as graduate-level training and new biomedical companies to serve the region for years to come,” said UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS. “It will also provide good jobs in the Dogpatch area, contributing to the economic vitality of this area of the city. We are pleased that the UC Regents saw the value in this project and its importance to San Francisco.”
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The proton therapy center will add a powerful tool to UCSF Health’s cancer program, offering highly precise, concentrated doses of radiation that directly target cancer cells while limiting damage to surrounding tissues. The precision enables oncologists to treat some of the most challenging cancers, including cancers of the brain, eye, lung, prostate and spine. It will also serve as a center of excellence, working to advance the technology through further research.

“Our vision to bring proton therapy to cancer patients at UCSF has taken years to reach realization,” said Catherine Park, MD, chair of UCSF Radiation Oncology, who has been working on the project since 2015. “Access to state-of-the-art proton therapy will allow us to advance the possibility of cure and reduce side effects.”

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