To develop a bank of serum and tissue samples from normal persons, high risk individuals, and patients with colorectal cancer. This material can be analyzed now and in the future for a variety of genetic and histologic markers. Patients will be given general and dietary counseling and will be offered the opportunity to enroll in prospective surveillance and chemoprevention studies. We are eager to see any patients deemed to be at increased risk for developing colorectal cancer. The Liver Transplantation Program at UCSF is one of the most active in the country, both in terms of volume and clinical research.
Programs exist for both adult and pediatric liver transplantation.
The adult program is headed by Drs. Survival statistics for the Liver Transplantation Program are among the very best in the United States. The program also has performed pioneering research in a number of different areas, including post-transplant viral hepatitis, the use of new immunosuppressive agents, transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure, and the use of live donors for liver transplantation. Acknowledgment of the clinical and academic success of the UCSF program is reflected in its having been chosen to be one of only three centers selected for the NIH Liver Transplantation Database. In 1992 an inpatient nutrition consult service was created in the Department of Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital under the auspices of the GI Division.