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The WISDOM Study: Breaking the Deadlock In the Breast Cancer Screening Debate
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
February 27, 2018
An article commentary recently published in NPJ Breast Cancer, a Nature Research journal, discusses the WISDOM Study (Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk (WISDOM), a groundbreaking clinical trial recruiting 100,000 women from throughout California that will compare annual breast cancer screening...
Laura Esserman Discusses "Ultralow-Risk" Breast Cancer Study on NPR
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
July 10, 2017
Laura Esserman, M.D., MBA, Professor of Surgery and Radiology at UCSF, and Director of the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, was recently interviewed by NPR about a study she led utilizing MammaPrint, a diagnostic assay (test), which appears to precisely distinguish between "ultralow-risk" breast tumors...
Multi-center Study Shows Benefits of Scalp Cooling in Alleviating Hair Loss in Breast Cancer Patients
UCSF Breastcare Program
March 14, 2017
UCSF News reports on the results of a new multi-center study showing that s calp cooling can mitigate one of most devastating side effects of systemic chemotherapy, hair loss, in a significant number of breast cancer patients. The results were reported on in JAMA. Hope S. Rugo, MD , was the lead author and...
Laura Esserman Named to TIME 100 List of Most Influential People in the World
UCSF Breastcare Program
May 18, 2016
UCSF News reports on Time magazine's selection of Laura Esserman , MD, MBA, to the 2016 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Esserman is Professor of Surgery and Radiology, and Director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF. Time magazine has named...
Inside Surgery Winter-Spring 2016
UCSF Department of Surgery
April 07, 2016
The Winter-Spring 2016 issue of Inside Surgery focuses on how the new Mission Bay hospitals are enhancing surgical care. New surgical suites, for example, feature advanced technologies and resources that are optimal for patients. The move is also fostering research collaborations as our surgeons work in close...
Jasmine Wong Leads UCSF Study of Novel Diagnostic Agent, AVB-620, in Breast Cancer
UCSF Department of Surgery
November 04, 2015
Exome, an online journal of biotech, healthcare, and life sciences, reports on a new clinical study in breast cancer patients led by Jasmine M. Wong, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of General Surgery, Section of Breastcare Surgery. The clinical trial at UCSF will be evaluating, AVB...
A Breast Cancer Surgeon Who Keeps Challenging the Status Quo
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
September 30, 2015
The NY Times profiled UCSF breast cancer surgeon Dr. Laura Esserman and her challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding breast cancer screening. Esserman argues that most patients will not benefit from early detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions and further that t he ominous word “ carcinoma ”...
UCSF to Study Benefits of Personal Approach to Breast Cancer Screening
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
March 26, 2015
UCSF News reports on a new study, led by breast cancer researcher Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, that will compare a personalized approach to breast cancer screening with annual mammograms. A research team at UC San Francisco has won a five-year award of $14.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research...
Letting Patients Call the Shots
Kaiser Health News (KHN)
March 19, 2015
The "shared decision-making" model fosters a higher level of collaboration between doctors and the people they treat. Rose Gutierrez has a big decision to make. Gutierrez, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last spring, had surgery and 10 weeks of chemotherapy. But the cancer is still there. Now Jasmine Wong...
New Breast Cancer Results Illustrate Promise and Potential of I-SPY 2 Trial
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
April 07, 2014
UCSF News reports on new results showing the promise and potential of I-SPY 2 Trial, personalized medicine study designed to identify breast cancer patients most likely to benefit from an array experimental drugs. In an innovative clinical trial led by UC San Francisco, the experimental drug neratinib along with...
Major Changes Urged for Cancer Screening and Treatment
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
July 23, 2013
UCSF News reports on the recommendations of an NCI s cientific panel chaired by Laura Esserman, MD, MBA , Professor of Surgery and Radiology and Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment. To address the growing problem of people being overdiagnosed and...
Doctor Tries to Personalize Cancer Treatment
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
July 20, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle recently profiled UCSF breastcare surgeon Dr. Laura Esserman, There is no starched white lab coat for Dr. Laura Esserman. Instead, the tall and striking breast cancer researcher, surgeon and visionary favors colorful clothes, high heels and, on a recent day, metallic blue nail polish...