Semi-annual UCSF Neuro‐Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program Newsletter, Fall 2019
Caregiver News
Immunotherapy encompasses a range of strategies aimed at making cancer cells more recognizable and vulnerable to attack by the patient’s immune system.
Campus News, Patient Care, Research
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Campus News, Patient Care
UCSF researchers recently received a Translational Team Science Award from the U.S. Department of Defense to support their research on immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors.
Research
For many years, the classification of gliomas relied largely on the cells’ general appearance, as seen under a microscope. But in the last ten years, our understanding of glioma subtypes has expanded.
Research
Neuro-oncologist Susan Chang, MD, opened the event by acknowledging the challenges faced by those caring for their loved one.
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Patient Care
Happy Spring and welcome to the first edition of the UCSF Neuro‐Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program newsletter!
Caregiver News
The UCSF Brain Tumor Center is currently leading multiple clinical trials to investigate a new personalized medicine strategy for both adult and pediatric patients.
Patient Care, Research
UCSF researchers have discovered that STAG2 – a gene commonly mutated in several human cancers – plays an essential role in DNA replication, revealing potential mechanisms for therapeutically targeting glioblastoma.
Research
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Campus News, Research
On Friday, February 8, the UCSF Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program met to recognize the program’s major accomplishments of the past year, and discuss plans for the future.
Caregiver News
UCSF researchers Joseph Costello, PhD, Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, and Aaron Diaz, PhD were awarded Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative (BTFC) grants for their innovative work on immunotherapy strategies.
Campus News, Research
In 2018, the UCSF Brain Tumor Center published research on topics spanning from glioblastoma drug targets to blood test biopsies – and even space travel. See our top five research stories of the year.
Research
The research program of neurosurgeon Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, is deeply influenced by his patients’ struggles to understand how treatment will affect their quality of life.
Patient Care, Research
The UCSF Brain Tumor Center is one of four sites in the country testing a modified version of a poliovirus that had encouraging results against glioblastoma (GBM) in a recent phase I clinical trial.
Patient Care, Research
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Research
On Friday, November 2, the UCSF Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program celebrated its five-year anniversary, recognizing the enormous strides this program has made so far.
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