On May 13, 2022, UCSF Radiation Oncology was visited by a very special team of firefighters from the Project Pink Wheels team of Contra Costa County at the request of a patient’s family member. Project Pink Wheels deployed their special pink fire truck to show support for all those in our communities touched by cancer. Our very own Dr. Nicolas Prionas is pictured above with one of his patients on the day she was discharged from treatment. Click the image below to read more about this amazing program   The post Project Pink Wheels Visits RadOnc appeared first on UCSF Department of Ra ..read more

National Nurses Week celebrates the hard work, compassion, and diligence that nurses display on a daily basis. The American Nurses Association first celebrated this week-long event May 6-12, 1994, and it continues annually. Felix Militante writes “This past year was again a challenging year for the RadOnc nurses because of COVID. But as challenging as it was, the nurses again did an amazing job managing, caring and keeping our seemingly sicker patients safe while also navigating changing COVID workflows and hospital policies.” A big, heartfelt thank you goes out to all of our nurses for everyt ..read more

Rad Onc Rocks BASF 2022   Radiation Oncology recently participated in the 2022 Bay Area Science Festival. BASF brings together STEM role models, families, youth and adults to experience the wonder of science. This year our dedicated team taught our guests how to construct their very own cloud chamber! Please click here for more information about BASF Pictured above from left to right: Radiation Oncology Residents Dr. Jose Ramos-Mendez and Dr. Dianne Ferguson The post Rad Onc Rocks BASF 2022 appeared first on UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology ..read more

***UPDATE – This event has been postponed until 2023. Exact dates are TBD*** April 29-30, 2022 – Live Stream Course This year’s course theme is patient-centered care. Despite ever-advancing technology, patients remain at the center of everything we do. This year’s course will feature discussions that focus on how novel technologies such as IMRT, SBRT, and other advanced technical- and imaging-based planning and treatment approaches can benefit patients. We will discuss state-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment planning approaches in concordance with major guidelines and the most recent sci ..read more

David Raleigh, MD, PhD will embark on research supported by a Bold and Basic Grant from the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute.  He and Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD will together explore how lipids in the primary cilium activate oncogenic Hedgehog signaling.  See the video here, and the tweet from UCSF QBI here. The post Dr. David Raleigh Receives Grant to Explore How Fats Cause Cancer appeared first on UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology ..read more

A test often used in breast cancer has been found to also identify which patients with aggressive prostate cancer will benefit from hormonal therapy.  Dr. Felix Feng, one of the senior authors on an article published in JAMA Oncology, said “We’re hopeful that the biomarkers will prove to be a robust predictor of hormone treatment success, so we can increase survival of even the most aggressive cases and at the same time limit hormone treatment to those patients most likely to benefit from it.”  Read the UCSF News Release here. The post Dr. Felix Feng is a Senior Researcher on Pr ..read more