News & Highlights
from August 2013
- Cancer
Like many men who undergo prostate cancer surgery, Jim Girand was eager to resume the sports he had enjoyed
- Research
- Education
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has approved a five-year renewal of the grant that established UCSF’s innovative K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program.
- Patient Care
- Research
- Education
- Cancer
Our TEAM UCSF is growing and, so can you! Septembeard.org is a clever non-profit, founded by patient Art Wagner,
- Patient Care
Staff members from both the School of Medicine and Medical Center donned bright orange tutus during Project Open Hand’s fundraising event: The Giant Race held at AT&T park on August 4, 2013.
- Research
- Children
In a study of over 40,000 episodes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, UCSF Urology Investigator, Hillary L.
- Patient Care
- Research
- Education
Paul F. Alpert, MD, Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael urologist and colleague of UCSF Urology, will end his 39-year career in clinical urology but will remain as medical legal chief beginning August 5th. This move will allow him to begin research with Dr.
- Patient Care
- Cancer
UCSF urologists are actively enrolling interested candidates undergoing robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) to a new study that utilizes a patient’s own tissue to create a hammock-like support for the urethra called a “sling.” Investigators are testing this technique, firs
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UCSF Department of Urology
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Some men have been concerned about a recent study from a team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that suggested that taking fish oil supplements or eating too much fatty fish might increase the risk for being diagnosed with pros