At UCSF, we believe that cancer therapy works best when it's tailored to the patient. Our Pediatric Precision Cancer Medicine Program makes this personalized care possible for children, teens and young adults with any kind of cancer, including those whose cancers are rare, high-risk or resistant to standard therapies.
Our team uses cutting-edge tools, such as the UCSF500 Cancer Gene Panel, to identify the genetic signatures of a patient's disease. These findings can help us diagnose cancers more precisely. They also allow us to design novel, personalized treatment plans, with the goal of making therapies work better while also causing fewer side effects. Precision oncologists work alongside other UCSF specialists to ensure that all patients receive high-quality care that's effective and compassionate.
UCSF patients also benefit from our commitment to cancer research. We're the only hospital in Northern California that's a member of the National Cancer Institute's Children's Oncology Group Phase 1/Pilot Consortium – a small group of leading institutions tasked with developing new therapies for pediatric cancers. Many of our physicians are leaders in national research groups dedicated to pediatric cancers, including leukemia, neuroblastoma and pediatric brain tumors. Patients in our Precision Cancer Medicine Program have access to new treatments that are not widely available or that are still being tested in clinical trials.
Many of the precision cancer services we provide are not readily available at other hospitals, and some are offered only at UCSF. But patients who don't live near the Bay Area can still benefit from our expertise: We work with oncologists throughout the United States and world to test tumor samples and guide treatments that can be administered by the patient's local care team.
Precision Cancer Medicine Program
Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building
1825 Fourth St., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 476-3831
Fax: (415) 502-4372
Hours: Monday to Friday
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Anuradha Banerjee, MD, MPH
Robert E. Goldsby, MD
Mignon Loh, MD
Arun Rangaswami, MD
Alyssa Reddy, MD
Amit J. Sabnis, MD, MS
Avanthi Shah, MD
Elliot Stieglitz, MD
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Asmin Tulpule, MD
Kieuhoa Vo, MDUCSF is among the world's leading research institutions in health science, with roughly 3,000 clinical trials in progress.
Find a Clinical TrialTo schedule an appointment with the Pediatric Precision Cancer Medicine Program, please give us a call at (415) 476-3831.
Please note that many insurance plans require a referral from your child's primary care physician before you schedule a visit at UCSF. We ask that you contact your insurance carrier to check if you need an authorization before your appointment. If a referral is required, please ask your child's primary care physician to fax a referral form and any applicable medical records to the UCSF Pediatric Access Center at (415) 353-4485.
If you would like a second opinion from a UCSF Precision Cancer Medicine Program physician but cannot visit our center in person, we offer the following online option:
Online Second Opinion Program: Some of our physicians participate in an online second opinion service provided in partnership with Grand Rounds. A Grand Rounds navigator will gather all your relevant medical records and submit them electronically to UCSF. You will receive a written second opinion on your diagnosis and/or treatment recommendations, addressing the specific questions you submitted, within about 10 to 14 days of submitting your request. The fee for this program is $700. For more information, please visit www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/secondopinion.
Most insurance companies do not pay for remote consultations. The patient is responsible for the cost.
