The San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC) is pleased to announce the publication of a study analyzing its collaboration with the San Francisco Cancer Initiative (SF CAN) to increase colorectal cancer screening among patients served by community clinics.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) conducted focus groups with four cancer sites that have developed or are developing strategies to overcome disparities in prostate cancer care.

In recent years, colon cancer has been affecting young people at much higher rates, according to a doctor at UCSF. Fremont resident Joe Perry has been battling this cancer for 3 years. He opened up to ABC7 News about his struggle.

This resource provides an action-oriented playbook to be adopted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to align NCCRT members, 80% pledged partners, and colorectal cancer screening advocates across the nation to work together to reignite our screening efforts appropriately, safely, and equally for all communities.

Cancer risk and screening data are limited in their ability to inform local interventions to reduce the burden of cancer in vulnerable populations. The San Francisco Health Information National Trends Survey was developed and administered to assess the use of cancer-related information among under-represented populations in San Francisco to provide baseline data for the San Francisco Cancer Initiative.

Increasing colorectal cancer screening in San Francisco.

This year Team SFCAN CrC Misfits raised almost four thousand dollars for the Colon Cancer Coalition at the Get Your Rear in Gear 5K in the beautiful Presidio in San Francisco.

Following the lead of San Francisco, Richmond, Beverly Hills, Santa Cruz, and Alameda, Berkeley is poised to become the next U.S. city to prohibit the sale of menthol and all flavored tobacco products CITYWIDE.

San Francisco residents on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and vape liquids, in what is seen nationally as a blow to the tobacco industry.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded Tung Nguyen, MD, and Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD, a three-year, $750k grant for a project named Patient COUNTS.

On September 9th, a group of dedicated church health ministry leaders from around the Bay Area gathered at the UCSF Mission Bay campus for the 10th Annual Abundant Life Health Ministries Symposium.

Asian American women are less likely to receive timely follow-up treatment after an abnormal mammogram compared to white women, according to a new study.