UCSF Diller Cancer Academy

Join the UCSF cancer team and the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at this biennial event with discussion sessions addressing the current landscape of cancer research and care.

Boris Bastian, MD, PhD, speaks on cancer genomics at the 2015 event. Photo by Sonya Yruel

A Look Back at Previous Events

2017: One-on-one conversations with the world’s leading cancer experts.

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center team hosted a series of discussions highlighting the latest developments shaping UCSF’s innovative, multidisciplinary approach to cancer care and treatment. Faculty members facilitated interactive discussions on a variety of subject areas including immunotherapies, quality of life, and preventive techniques.

The symposium format allowed for lively discussion and provided ample opportunities to ask questions and get answers from UCSF’s leading cancer researchers.

2015: Thirty UCSF basic, clinical, and population scientists shared their progress in a wide range of areas, from big data to quality of life.

A cancer is as unique as the individual life it threatens. The disease is driven by each cancer’s unique genomic fingerprint, and each patient experiences it in ways that are profoundly personal. The presentations addressed the latest research, treatments, and developments and allowed participants to interact with UCSF scientist-clinicians as well as survivors and friends.

UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is engaged as never before at every level of the disease – from the micro-details of individual genes to the big picture of the patient’s experience.

Guests attending the Cancer Showcase reception. Photo by Sonya Yruel

01 / 05 Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, presents the keynote address opening the 2015 event. Photo by Sonya Yruel

02 / 05 The 2015 event featured discussions around enhancing quality of life for cancer patients, survivors, and their families, as well as cancer prevention strategies. Photo by Audrey Feely

03 / 05 Guests attending the reception. Photo by Sonya Yruel

04 / 05 Guests attending the reception in the McEvoy Family Lobby. Photo by Sonya Yruel

05 / 05 Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, presents the keynote address opening the 2015 event. Photo by Sonya Yruel

Boris Bastian, MD, PhD, speaks on cancer genomics at the 2015 event. Photo by Sonya Yruel

To learn more, please contact:

Sonia Tran, Cancer Programs

(415) 502-3174

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