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Sep 13, 2019
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UCSF.EDU Covered UCSF Urology's Ben Breyer, MD, MAS 
and his study...
Aug 12, 2019
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Dr. Pruthi set to begin January 1, 2020
Aug 09, 2019
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Dr. Carroll to step down as Chair by year's end.
Jun 26, 2019
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The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart 
Trust included Luke Gi
Jun 11, 2019
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Apr 26, 2019
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The month of April is dedicated to raising awareness about this highly treatable and usually curable disease...
Apr 17, 2019
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A national conference on prostate cancer for patient, families, caregivers, health care professionals and advocates presented to a sold-out crowd
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UCSF Urologists perform 1st single-port robotic prostate ca surgery-UCSF 1st & 1st in NorCal. Dr. Pruthi believes s… t.co/zSNYJTZPpa
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