An annual report from the American Cancer Society shows that, for the first time, over 70% of Americans diagnosed with cancer ...

UC Davis researchers have been awarded millions in state funding to study cancer risks among firefighters, examining not only ...

Advanced prostate cancer cases are rising sharply in California, outpacing national trends, according to a new study from UCSF. The alarming trend underscores the need for smarter screening to catch ...

UC Davis teams are using Fitbits, blood tests and air sampling to study why firefighters face high cancer risk.

Retired firefighter Ken Jones was diagnosed with cancer last March. On Jan. 7 Blue Shield refused to pay for his treatment, ...

As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, signed onto legislation with a simple aim: Provide federal ...

Bailey is a former breast cancer surgeon and board chair of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. In 2017, at the age of 42, Susan Whitehead was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer after ...

Following a change in screening guidelines, the incidence went up across the state, even more than it has nationally. The incidence of advanced prostate cancer in California rose markedly in the ...

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FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL OF A NEW CANCER DRUG FOR CATS. AND IT COULD HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR HUMANS. YEAH, IT’S INTERESTING. SCIENTISTS AT UC DAVIS AND UC SAN FRANCISCO HAVE TREATED CATS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL ...