A genetic test that measures cell cycle progression — an indicator of how rapidly cancer cells are growing and dividing — can be a useful tool for predicting who will have a recurrence of prostate cancer, according to researchers at UCSF.

Lowell High School football player Jacky Tang went through a barrage of medical tests at UCSF’s PlaySafe Cardiac Physicals, an interdisciplinary clinic designed to detect underlying medical abnormalities in young athletes and prevent sudden death.

UCSF recently convened experts to discuss cell therapies, which have already saved children and adults from leukemia in clinical trials after other drugs failed them.

A new genomic test can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to a new UCSF study.