Cancer care doesn't exist in a vacuum. At #ASCO26, Dr. Robert Hiatt @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social will be exploring how climate change is shaping cancer risk, outcomes, and healthcare delivery—and why oncologists should be part of the conversation. WATCH: youtu.be/MXPO5w_ik2w

Dr. Alan Venook @ucsfhealth.bsky.social on his @ascocancer.bsky.social discussion on what’s changing—and what isn’t—in stage III colon cancer. One takeaway: Sometimes progress means giving patients more tools, not just more treatments. #UCSFatASCO26 #ASCO26 youtu.be/NXQYyzuOtMw

Many of our @ucsfhealth.bsky.social experts are at #ASCO26 sharing research to further advance precision cancer medicine. Proud to see #UCSF represented in presentations spanning breast, prostate, GI and other cancers as we work to improve outcomes for patients. 💙🔬 cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/05...

" #ASCO26.... reconnects us to our purpose. It reminds us that progress is measured not only by breakthroughs but by how widely those breakthroughs reach the people who need them." Dr. Eric Small @ucsfhealth.bsky.social oncologist and @ascocancer.bsky.social president ascopost.com/issues/may-2...

Another former UCSF student does good! Elly was in Marc Kirschner’s lab in our Dept. She was part of a memorable band that played at the skits at the annual retreat at Asilomar.

This Friday, May 29th at 4pm our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Cancer Center Seminar Series in Basic and Translational Research features Xiaoxiao (Vany) Sun, PhD, presenting "From Plasticity to Convergence: Targeting Cancer Persistence." cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

Sharing recommendations from Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc, FASCO @ucsfhealth.bsky.social of #LungCancer abstracts being presented at #ASCO26 not to be missed x.com/anavmanana/s...

“A great example of a very simple intervention that has benefit and can be undertaken and implemented anywhere in the world” @ascocancer.bsky.social president and @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social oncologist Dr. Eric Small comments on study at #ASCO2026 press briefing www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Today at 4pm | Cancer Center Friday Seminar: Katherine Alexander, PhD, Asst Professor @cshlnews.bsky.social presents "Principles of gene regulation by nuclear speckles and implications for cancer" Open to @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social students, postdocs, faculty, and staff cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

The FDA approves HER2-targeted therapy for early-stage breast cancer treatment, and blood thinners linked to reduced mortality in cancer patients at high risk of developing blood clots. Read about this and more in Cancer Today magazine's Week in Cancer News. www.cancertodaymag.org/cancer-talk/...

Join us in wishing good luck to Meeki Lad, BS, MPH, member of Dr. Manish Aghi's lab @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social, on the Great American Baking Show! #UCSFProud | How a viral cake video landed this UCSF brain tumor expert on a competitive baking TV show www.sfgate.com/food/article...

Reminder: 4pm today @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD @katherinefuh.bsky.social presents "Targeting the tumor microenvironment to enhance treatment response in ovarian cancer" cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

“Retaining drugs within tumors is an often-overlooked dimension of drug development that nevertheless greatly impacts the therapeutic window and outcomes” Michael Evans, PhD @ucsfimaging.bsky.social on latest study on improving drug delivery systems to cancer cells www.genengnews.com/topics/cance...

Congratulations to @sueyom.bsky.social Professor & Vice Chair, Strategic Advisory, inductee to Giants of Cancer Care 14th annual class. Read Press Release here! www.mjhlifesciences.com/giants-of-ca... @onclive.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfohns.bsky.social

Join us in wishing good luck to Meeki Lad, BS, MPH, member of Dr. Manish Aghi's lab @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social, on the Great American Baking Show! #UCSFProud | How a viral cake video landed this UCSF brain tumor expert on a competitive baking TV show www.sfgate.com/food/article...

It was a great pleasure to host Vivek Kavadi, CEO @astro-org.bsky.social at UCSF! We appreciated hearing his vision & priorities, & how we can work together to continue to make a difference for our patients! Catherine Park, Alex Hotca-Cho, Steven Seyedin, Harish Vasudevan @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social

This #NursesWeek, we recognize the incredible nurses at UCSF Radiation Oncology whose compassion, expertise & resilience make a difference every single day. Thank you for the care you provide & the lives you impact! @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

“We’ve seen patients getting younger and younger. Patients face this terrifying diagnosis at a time in life that collides w/ careers, relationships, raising families" @kvanloonmd.bsky.social on @ucsfhealth.bsky.social launch of a Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Program cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/05...

Today 5/1 at 4pm, our Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social |William Y. Kim, MD  @unclineberger.bsky.social Cancer Genetics Research Program presents “APOBEC Mutagenesis, Intron Retention, and other Adventures in GU Cancers” cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

Dr. Chloe Atreya @ucsfcancer.bsky.social presented the Norbert Schnog #GrandRounds lecture and addressed clinically-meaningful gaps in the delivery of personalized, equitable, whole-person care. Watch her full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=L7S9... #colorectalcancer #GIcancer

A Success! Our 2nd Annual Rad Onc Day 2026 welcomed 30 high school students to our Mission Bay clinic to learn about the specialty of radiation oncology & various careers within it. Students attended 7 hands-on labs! radonc.ucsf.edu/rad-onc-day-... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

"Don’t be afraid to ask difficult questions and to take that leap of faith, because even if your idea is only partly correct, there’s still important knowledge to be gained" @rushika-perera.bsky.social giving the 2026 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/04... #UCSFProud

Today at 12pm, we welcome Dr. Chloe Atreya @ucsfcancer.bsky.social as our #GrandRounds and Norbert Schnog Lecturer, presenting "Minding the Gut-Brain Axis: Integrative Oncology for People with GI Cancers." Join us in Smilow Auditorium or online via Zoom: bit.ly/4sYbynM.

"Innovation and creativity are things that are the joys of life. Trying to remind ourselves that we're not enclosed in a box and we don't have to just follow the footsteps that everybody laid out before us." Dr. Mary Feng @ucsfradonc.bsky.social www.urotoday.com/video-lectur...

Radiobiology faculty Paola Betancur presented "A genomic deletion variant controls super-enhancer-driven overexpression of LINC00636 and CD47 to promote tumor cell survival in breast cancer" on final day #AACR26! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21436... @theaacr.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Tomorrow 4/24 at 4pm: @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Friday Seminar Series featuring Mythreye Karthikeyan, PhD @mythreye.bsky.social @uofalabama.bsky.social presenting “Breaking the Metastatic Cycle by Targeting Transcriptional Programs in Ovarian Cancer” cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

Outstanding UCSF work #AACR2026! Brooke Braman (David Raleigh lab) 2 posters genomics/meningiomas, Courtney Tamaki (Nam Woo Cho Lab) radiation-inducible surface protein targets Details here! www.linkedin.com/posts/ucsf-r... @aacrjournals.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

I loved being part of this fundamental study on the determinants of HIV infection in primary human CD4+ T cells! Thanks to Ujjwal and Eli for letting me contribute!

This evening, the 24 members of the 2026 class of AACR Fellows were inducted into the AACR Academy. The distinguished scientists who comprise the AACR Academy form a global community of thought leaders who advance the AACR’s mission. #AACR26 #AACRFellows

Today at 4pm our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Friday Seminar Series features Aviv Regev, PhD, Head and Executive Vice President, Research and Early Development, @genentech.bsky.social presenting “From Cell Atlases to Medicines, with AI” cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

Headed to #AACR26? Leading cancer researchers from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social will present talks and posters on environmental and genetic determinants in cancer development, precision cancer treatment w/ radiotheranostics, overcoming drug resistance, and more. cancer.ucsf.edu/news/2026/04...

Listen to the latest podcast! "SNObound: Career Advice from Dr. Brooke Braman in Radiation Oncology" from David Raleigh Lab. Dr. Mike Dohopolski & Jayden Hang interview Braman on her residency path soc-neuro-onc.libsyn.com/website/snob... @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

I am looking forward to attending #AACR26. I will be chairing an educational session describing work done by the Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) on Friday at 3pm.

We had 70+ ppl at our annual course "Underpinnings & Advances in Reirradiation"! Philips lecture ft. Harald Paganetti "Biologic Effects of Proton Therapy" & Buschke lecture ft. Costas Koumenis "Proton FLASH Radiotherapy & Re-irradiation for Head & Neck Cancer" radonc.ucsf.edu/ucsf-radiati...

We have a wonderful lineup of speakers. Indu Kohaar, a Program Officer at NCI, will kick things off with an introduction to HTAN followed by scientific talks from myself, Li Ding, and Irene Ghobrial (leaders of three of the 10 HTAN centers)

A phase 1 clinical trial led by @ucsfhealth.bsky.social neuro-oncologist Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH, shows that a personalized treatment regimen with multiple targeted therapies is a feasible approach for recurrent #glioblastoma: braintumorcenter.ucsf.edu/news/precisi... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

This Friday, April 10th at 4pm PDT: Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series: Kristen Pauken, PhD @mdanderson.bsky.social presents "Thinking outside the tumor to maximize PD-1 immunotherapy response" Hosted by Adil Daud, MD @aporia64.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

DROP-CARs: Engineering Reversible, Drug-Controlled CAR T Cell Activity with a Clinically Approved Small Molecule | Wendell Lim @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Adam Stevens @upenn.edu via @theaacr.bsky.social url: aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...

Scientists have created a gel that shapes mini synthetic organs — a step toward making lab-grown human tissue. “We place cells where they need to be and let their developmental programs assemble the tissue," UCSF's Zev Gartner says. https://ucsfh.org/41dDKIa

Listen to a recent Podcast ft. @julianhong.bsky.social! Discussing considerations for optimizing care among patients with mental health disorders (MHDs) who are undergoing treatment for cancer via Cancer Network @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social www.cancernetwork.com/view/providi...

Phase 1 study led by Nicholas Butowski, MD @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social gets FDA clearance for an investigational new drug application to begin a phase 1 clinical trial for patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. www.cancernetwork.com/view/fda-cle...

Very sad to hear of the passing today of our UCSF colleague Mike Bishop at the age of 90. A legendary and inspiring figure. He also led UCSF as Chancellor. Have a listen to his Nobel lecture. youtube.com/watch?v=CDv7...

“I think this is just the beginning of a big wave of new therapies that will be truly transformational and save a lot of lives” Justin Eyquem, PhD @j-eyquem.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social on recent @nature.com pub with breakthrough research on CAR T therapy www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/03...

Remembering Dr. J. Michael Bishop — Nobel laureate, visionary cancer researcher, and former UCSF chancellor — who passed away at 90. His discovery of oncogenes transformed our understanding of cancer and reshaped modern medicine. Grateful for his life and lasting impact. tiny.ucsf.edu/LAn3aK

Devastated to learn of the passing of the great cancer pioneer J. Michael Bishop. Mentor and friend, it was only a few weeks ago we celebrated his 90th birthday. He taught us that the seeds of cancer lie within us and spent his career combating cancer. 🧪 @ucsfcancer.bsky.social

Reminder: Today at 4pm: Friday Cancer Center Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social | James Fraser, PhD @fraserlab.com presents "You can't avoid the AVOIDOME: how to speed drug discovery with ML." Hosted by Trever Bivona, MD, PhD Info: cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

A cancer-causing enzyme called SRC, once thought to hide inside cells, can appear on the surface of tumor cells like a “flag,” UCSF research finds, making it a possible treatment target for up to half of all tumors. “It’s truly exciting,” senior author Jim Wells says. https://ucsfh.org/3Pcqe4G

Friday 3/20 at 4pm: Friday Cancer Center Seminar Series @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social | James Fraser, PhD @fraserlab.com presents "You can't avoid the AVOIDOME: how to speed drug discovery with ML." Info: cancer.ucsf.edu/seminars

2026 PSMA & Beyond Conference | March 26–27, 2026 Luskin Conference Center, Los Angeles. Two-day educational meeting bringing together #ProstateCancer imaging, therapy, and research experts. Co-sponsors UCLA, @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @pcf-science.bsky.social radiology.ucsf.edu/events/2026-...

Join us and our partner, California Prostate Cancer Coalition, for the Sixth Annual @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Patient Conference on Prostate Cancer Friday, April 17, 2026 (8:00AM-5:00PM, PT) UCSF Mission Bay Campus and virtual cancer.ucsf.edu/research/pro...