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Mar 05, 2013

Patient Care
Education
Cancer

New UCSF Marketing Campaign Features Active Surveillance

Urology Department Chair Peter Carroll, MD, MPH and prostate cancer survivor John Shoemaker are featured in UCSF Medical Center's latest multimedia advertising campaign …

Feb 28, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Cancer
Urologic Subspecialties

Precision Medicine Promises Optimal Care

UCSF is in the forefront of a movement that seeks to change how cancer and many other diseases are treated in the years to come.....

Jan 23, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Cancer

How Prostate Cancer Therapies Compare by Cost and Effectiveness

The most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing major types of prostate cancer treatments was reported by a team of researchers at UCSF Urology.

Jan 07, 2013

Patient Care
Cancer

President Obama Nominates Mack Roach to National Cancer Advisory Board

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate UCSF's Mack Roach III, MD, FACR, an internationally recognized expert on using radiation to treat and manage prostate cancer, to the National Cancer Advisory Board.

Dec 10, 2012

Patient Care
Research
Urologic Subspecialties

Genital Injuries: Painful Yet Mostly Preventable

Jason Bardi reports on UCSF Urology's Benjamin Breyer, MD, MAS and his study on genital injuries...

Dec 07, 2012

Patient Care
Children

Hypospadias Treatment Demands Broader Awareness

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital features Urology's Laurence Baskin, MD, chief of Pediatric Urology on raising awareness of Hypospadias...

Dec 04, 2012

Patient Care
Cancer

The Role of Robotics

UCSF is the busiest center for robot-assisted urologic surgery in Northern California, performing all of our prostate cancer surgeries with the aid of this equipment. UCSF Urology has always been at the forefront of surgical innovation...

Dec 04, 2012