March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In the U.S., excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths when men and women are combined. UCI Health continues to be at the forefront…
Mark Moasser, MD, has sorted out why HER2, the protein driving 1 in 5 breast cancers, is so hard to drug. He explains how the findings correct a naive way of envisioning how HER2 is shaped and how it works.
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital system in San Diego County to employ high-intensity, focused ultrasound (HIFU) for minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment.
UC Davis Health Emergency Medicine Chair Nathan Kuppermann has received the Maureen Andrew Mentor Award from the Society for Pediatric Research, which honors one academic pediatrician annually who has an outstanding record of mentorship and leadership.