Reducing the Chances of Getting Cancer video

Reducing the Chances of Getting Cancer: What are the Options

Dr. Robert Hiatt is the Director of Population Science and Deputy Director of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. As an epidemiologist he explores effective and efficient approaches to cancer prevention and treatment. App. 90 minutes video

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Liver Transplant for HIV Positive - video

Liver Transplant: HIV; Progress in Immunosupression

Dr. Peter Stock of UCSF presents an update on liver transplants for HIV positive patients a practice that has been considered experimental. In the second segment, Dr. Sandy Feng presents and update on the progress in immunosupression for liver transplantation. App. one hour video

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Cancer mortality reduction with Vitamin D

Possible 75% cancer mortality reduction with Vitamin D

In a new study, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego used a complex computer prediction model to determine that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer annually in the US and Canada. The researchers model also predicted that 75% of deaths from these cancers could be prevented with adequate intake of vitamin D3 and calcium. Dr. Cedric Garland, UCSD School of Medicine, lead researcher on the study discusses the implications of this finding and the proposed actions. 5 minutes video

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