Best Cancer Treatment Center Hayward Near Me

4worldlovers: UCSF Cancer Center Redwood City provides compassionate, advanced care and lab services to patients on the Peninsula. Our team treats all forms of cancer, with a special focus on blood cancers such as lymphoma, as well as lung, breast, gastrointestinal, genital and urinary system cancers. We offer streamlined access to UCSF specialists and clinical trials, as needed.

Formerly known as California Cancer Care, we are now part of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This renowned center was the first in the Bay Area to receive the National Cancer Institute's prestigious "comprehensive" designation.

Lab services for UCSF patients: Our labs are committed to providing safe and excellent services. Patients with cancer are welcome to walk in, and all patients can schedule your next appointment for this location through the MyChart website or app. For lab services, patients must have orders from a UCSF Health provider.

4worldlovers: In a Q&A, Dr. Karin Gaensler discusses the ongoing development of a safe and effective vaccine to improve relapse-free survival for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

From cutting-edge cancer research to elite trail running, UCSF’s Patrick “Paddy” O’Leary, PhD, rises to the challenges of a well-balanced life.

Engineered immune cells. Supercharged scans. Drug implants. Gene manipulators. Blood biopsies. A flurry of innovations could change how we confront cancer.


UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among Nation’s Best in 2023-24

US News & World Report lists UCSF Benioff Hospitals among best for kids in all 10 specialties.

Oncology specialists from around the globe will gather for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting to discuss the latest cancer therapies, technologies, research and education. The theme this year is Partnering With Patients: The Cornerstone of Cancer Care and Research. More than 30,000 people are expected to attend the meeting taking place in Chicago and online June 2-6, 2023.

The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer can be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, according to a multi-center study led by UC San Francisco and Stanford University.

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS, president of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and senior vice president for cancer services at UCSF Health, has received two prestigious national awards for his transformative research accomplishments and work developing PARP inhibitors for cancer.

USPSTF’s Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines prompt comments from UCSF Breast Imaging faculty Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD, and Kimberly Ray, MD.


UCSF Health hospitals at Mission Bay and Parnassus Heights earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for spring 2023 – a national recognition of excellence for protecting patients from preventable harm and errors.

Beginning May 9, UC San Francisco will be the first hospital in California, and one of only a few nationwide, to offer pharmacogenetic testing. The test will provide critical clues about a patient’s unique genetic makeup, enabling pharmacists to tailor medications and dosages accordingly.