News & Highlights

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

Like many men who undergo prostate cancer surgery, Jim Girand was eager to resume the sports he had enjoyed before his diagnosis in 2006. In his case, it was competing in international duathalons

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. “This is a strong

Our TEAM UCSF is growing and, so can you! Septembeard.org is a clever non-profit, founded by patient Art Wagner, which raises funds for prostate cancer research by asking volunteers to grow beards

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.

In a study of over 40,000 episodes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, UCSF Urology Investigator, Hillary L. Copp, MD, MS and colleagues from the Urologic Diseases in America (UDA) Project

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 5 th

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

John E. Nidecker III will lead a new monthly Prostate Cancer Support Group for the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, associate professor in the departments of urology and epidemiology & biostatistics, will hold the newly created Helen Diller Family Chair in Urology. This endowed position