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Welcome The UCSF Breast Cancer Center of Excellence was established by Dr. Laura Esserman to foster a cancer care system that tailors treatment to patient preferences and biology, based on medical evidence and clinical performance. The center collaborates with universities, government agencies, private foundations, and companies around the world to develop information systems designed to support this model of cancer care. A guiding principle of the center is to make these innovations available for use as open source software or open content in order to minimize barriers to adoption.



April 2008: The Safeway Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Safeway Inc., has given the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center $2 million to fund a combination of research initiatives and the debut of a unique, national website designed to match breast cancer patients with clinical trials nationwide.

March 2008: Sorena Nadaf has joined the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center as Director of Translational Informatics.

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