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UCSF Scientists Illuminate How microRNAs Drive Tumor Progression
UCSF Surgical Oncology Program
September 16, 2009
UCSF researchers, led by Doug Hanahan, Ph.D., have identified collections of tiny molecules known as microRNAs that affect distinct processes critical for cancer progression. The findings help elucidate the important regulatory function of microRNAs in tumor biology. Eric Nakakura, M.D., Ph.D. (pictured), a...
Surgical & Therapeutic Advances in Pancreatic Cancer
UCSF Surgical Oncology Program
July 15, 2009
For now, the only possible route to outliving pancreas cancer is complete removal of the tumor via surgery. Surgery for pancreas cancer is long and demanding, and surgeons must be practiced to consistently perform it well. Pancreas cancer surgery outcomes are better at high-volume, major medical centers such as...