Prostate Cancer Center
The UCSF Prostate Cancer Center provides comprehensive, cutting-edge care to patients with prostate cancer as well as men at high risk of developing the condition. With an emphasis on early screening and detection, our center offers a range of services, from active surveillance for low-risk cancers to new and advanced treatments. We're one of the first medical centers in the country to offer the PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan, a new and highly effective imaging technique for detecting prostate cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body. We also connect patients with integrative medicine services (combining complementary therapies with mainstream treatments), nutrition and lifestyle counseling, support groups and educational resources. Our mission is to optimize our patients' quality of life during treatment and beyond.
Our team includes genitourinary oncologists (specialists in cancers of the genital and urinary organs), radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, radiologists and urologic cancer surgeons. In addition to caring for patients, our doctors are at the forefront of prostate cancer research, and strive to quickly translate new findings into more effective methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Our locations
Patient education
Our team
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Rohit Bose
MD, PhD
Genitourinary oncologist -
Peter Carroll
MD
Urologic cancer surgeon -
Matthew Cooperberg
MD
Urologic cancer surgeon -
Lawrence Fong
MD
Genitourinary oncologist -
Terence Friedlander
MD
Genitourinary oncologist -
Alexander Gottschalk
MD, PhD
Radiation oncologist -
Maxwell Meng
MD
Urologic cancer surgeon -
Hao Nguyen
MD, PhD
Urologic cancer surgeon -
Mack Roach III
MD
Radiation oncologist -
Katsuto Shinohara
MD
Urologic cancer surgeon -
Eric J. Small
MD
Genitourinary oncologist -
Zhen Jane Wang
MD
Radiologist
Clinical trials
Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI Scan in Predicting Tumor Aggressiveness in Patients With Locali...
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, distribution, etc) of the metabolism measures will be calculated. We will use a tree-based cross-validated Classification & Regression Trees (CART) model for predicting ben...
Recruiting
Pembrolizumab +/- SD-101 in Hormone-Naïve Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer With RT and iADT
Only patients in cohort 2, who achieve testosterone recovery to non-castrate levels (>150 ng/dL) at 15 months, will be analyzed for the primary endpoint. The rate of PSA < nadir + 2 ng/mL at 15 months from the start of radiotherap...
Recruiting
Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) With or Without DNA Da...
Radiographic progression free survival (rPFS) is defined as the time from the first day of study treatment with pembrolizumab to the date of documented radiographic tumor progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs fir...
Recruiting
Atezolizumab With or Without Tocilizumab in Treating Men With Prostate Cancer Before Radical Pr...
A positive response is defined as a ≥40% increase in the number of infiltrating cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3) + T cells between the pre-treatment biopsy at baseline and the post-treatment RP specimen. Thus, a negative respons...
Recruiting
Rankings & achievements
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Best hospital in Northern California
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Best in Northern California in cancer care
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Best in the West in urology
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in NIH funding for urology research
Accreditations & memberships
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National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute has designated UCSF a comprehensive cancer center, its highest ranking. This designation is awarded to centers that demonstrate scientific excellence and the ability to conduct cancer research across many disciplines.
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Commission on Cancer
UCSF's cancer programs have been accredited by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (CoC) since 1933. The CoC is a consortium of groups dedicated to improving cancer patients' survival and quality of life via research, education and better medical care.
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network
UCSF is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the world’s top cancer centers. The network brings together leaders in treatment and research to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care.
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- Recent test results related to your condition
- List of your medications, including dosages, plus any you're allergic to
- List of questions you may have
- Device or paper for taking notes
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Our research initiatives
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Research
UCSF is home to a range of research initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for cancer patients everywhere. This includes research on topics such as immunotherapy, BRCA mutations and molecular diagnostic testing.
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UCSF Prostate Cancer Program Research
The UCSF Prostate Cancer Program conducts research aimed at discovering how prostate cancer develops and progresses, finding the best methods of predicting patient outcomes and developing treatments to improve these outcomes
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