Dr. Scott Lippman

Frontline Cancer: Only in San Diego – How surfing has impacted cancer research

August 10, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.

Twenty-eight years ago, two inspiring young visionary leaders, Sam Armstrong and John Otterson, came up with the idea of linking their ion for surfing with their desire to make a...

Frontline Cancer: A few people can have an exceptional impact on rare diseases

July 20, 2021 at 5:41 p.m.

Few words strike as much fear in our hearts as “cancer,” and no one wants to hear it combined with “rare.”I’ve written before about UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center’s...

Frontline Cancer: Health systems unite in fight against cancer and cyber threats

May 17, 2021 at 2:22 a.m.

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk and gladly...

<p>Scott M. Lippman, M.D. is director of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.</p>

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 9:13 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:The spread of coronavirus wasn’t the topic of the 16th annual Industry/Academia Next Generation Precision Oncology Symposium, but it was a fascinating interlude when Scott Gottlieb, M.D., the 23rd...

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 9:11 p.m.

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 9:09 p.m.

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 9:05 p.m.

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 9:03 p.m.

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 25, 2020 at 8:44 p.m.

Frontline Cancer: Innovative science; Friending viral foes

March 28, 2020 at 1:29 a.m.

Frontline Cancer: It’s Academic; Accelerating cures in our biotech paradise. Center for Novel Therapeutics to hold ribbon-cutting in La Jolla

September 5, 2019 at 12:42 a.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Oncology is going through an immense transformation, like the Internet in the early 1990s, and academia-industry partnerships are playing an increasingly critical role in this revolution. Translating breakthrough discoveries...

Frontline Cancer: Collaboration and comion – A mission to beat a rare cancer

July 24, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Some of you may recall what I hope was a heartwarming holiday column about one family, a doctor and their unified hope for a new beginning (in the Dec....

Frontline Cancer: Knowledge is power; Leveraging genetic cancer predispositions

May 10, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:When cancer hits home, people want to know why. Cancer risk involves many well-understood environmental injuries such as cigarette smoke or overexposure to sunlight, but there is a complex...

Frontline Cancer: The season for family, health, hope and new beginnings

December 27, 2018 at 1:51 a.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:This is the season for celebrating family, health, hope and new beginnings.I want to share a story about one family, a doctor and their unified hope for a new...

Frontline Cancer: ‘Vaping’ not necessarily healthier than smoking

November 21, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — that's roughly one in...

Frontline Cancer: Doctors debate best age to screen for colon cancer

August 30, 2018 at 8:20 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:For some years, the rate of new colorectal cancer (CRC) cases in the United States has been dropping, thanks to increased screening. Men and women were advised to start...

Frontline Cancer: Some cancers may be suitable targets of iPSC-derived NK cells

July 18, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:In recent years, CAR-T cell-based immunotherapies have grabbed headlines, taking off like, well, a race car. Broadly speaking, these treatments are based on the idea that the body's own...

Frontline Cancer: Are you in for All of Us Research Program?

May 30, 2018 at 11:28 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:In recent days and weeks, you've probably seen or heard reference to the All of Us Research Program, an effort to collect the genetic, biological, environmental, health and lifestyle...

Frontline Cancer: Precision medicine having an impact on clinical trials

August 30, 2018 at 8:17 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Clinical trials are the final step before a new drug or treatment is approved for broad use in patients. In a series of phases, these trials investigate whether a...

Frontline Cancer: A one-size-fits-all strategy doesn’t work fighting cancer

November 21, 2017 at 11:15 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Almost two years ago in his 2016 State of the Union address, President Obama launched the U.S. Cancer Moonshot initiative, a bold, ambitious set of goals to fight cancer,...

Frontline Cancer: Cancer Consortium links work of five UC cancer centers

November 21, 2017 at 11:03 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Among the many ways that cancer can confound successful treatment is its ability to draw upon some of the strengths and defenses of healthy cells and tissues, exploiting them...

2017 Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational takes place Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017 at Scripps Pier in La Jolla.

Frontline Cancer: ‘Luau & Legends of Surfing’ benefit to draw focus on melanoma, Aug. 13 in La Jolla

August 9, 2017 at 8:25 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Melanoma has a long memory. Quite often, it is the delayed consequence of sunburns or repeated, intense sun exposures experienced as a child or teen — the coveted golden...

‘Minority Report’ was Hollywood fantasy, but a research article published in the journal Cancer Discovery earlier this year suggests the idea isn’t so far-fetched, at least in of potentially predicting and preventing individual cancers.

Frontline Cancer: Genetic background can provide clues about possible future tumors

May 31, 2017 at 9:14 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:In Steven Spielberg's 2002 science fiction thriller "Minority Report," Tom Cruise leads a futuristic police unit whose job is to prevent crimes based upon three mutated humans called "precogs"...

An architectural rendering of the south entrance to the Center for Novel Therapeutics, which broke ground April 11 and will open in 2019. The 135,000-square-foot facility, located next to Moores Cancer Center on the east campus of UC San Diego, will house university scientists, local research organizations and biotech companies, all focused on cancer and related chronic diseases.

Frontline Cancer: Center for Novel Therapeutics to open in 2019 on UCSD campus

April 12, 2017 at 8:13 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:The long and tangled history of cancer treatment is, perhaps, the most obvious argument that defeating this Gordian knot of diseases will require every tool we have — and...

Frontline Cancer: DART takes aim at rare cancers

February 22, 2017 at 8:16 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Feb. 27 is Rare Disease Day. The emphasis will be on research and the theme "Research brings hope."A "rare disease" in the United States is defined as a condition...

Frontline Cancer: Questions to ask your doctor

January 26, 2017 at 6:41 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:This year more than 1.6 million Americans will be told for the first time that they have cancer. Even if there were warning signs or symptoms, the news still...

Frontline Cancer: It is time to better understand pre-cancer

December 21, 2016 at 9:49 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Although the war is far from won, modern medicine knows a lot more these days about how to fight cancer. Our weapons are more numerous and more precise, from...

Frontline Cancer: Thankful for enlightened scientists

November 22, 2016 at 9:27 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:"Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain." —Bob Dylan,"Not Dark Yet"Here's a doctor's confidentiality: I'm a huge Dylan fan.My iration for the singer and songwriter is...

Frontline Cancer: Exercise can lower your cancer risk

November 2, 2016 at 3:39 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:We all know physical activity is important to health. For decades, it has been strongly linked to lowered risk of heart disease (the nation's leading cause of death at...

Frontline Cancer: Inflammation and the development of cancer

September 28, 2016 at 9:10 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:When you have diabetes, your body cannot produce enough or effectively use the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar (glucose) levels. The resulting complications are widespread and notorious, from...

Frontline Cancer: National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Council (C3) combine efforts in San Diego

August 26, 2016 at 8:40 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:When it was first announced three years ago, the San Diego National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Council (C3) was described as a new way to leverage the combined powers...

Frontline Cancer: Latest news about prostate cancer

August 26, 2016 at 9:31 p.m.

— FRONTLINE CANCER:After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common malignancy among American men, with 180,000 new cases each year. It’s the second leading cause of cancer death in...

Frontline Cancer: Vaccines for HPV near guarantee

August 26, 2016 at 10:09 p.m.

FRONTLINE CANCER:Dear Scott: “Our son, who is 25, went to the GP yesterday and his doc wasn’t sure about giving the Gardasil I had been bugging him to get. Didn’t...

Frontline Cancer: Studying cancer disparities among ethnicities

August 26, 2016 at 11:02 p.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Cancer is not an equal opportunity killer.African-American males have the highest incidence rate of all cancers combined, for example, followed by whites, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific and American Indian/Alaska Native...

Frontline Cancer: Top scientists to tackle cancer challenge

August 26, 2016 at 11:11 p.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Elizabeth Blackburn has spent much of her career at the forefront, a pioneering researcher whose work has garnered virtually every major award in science: the Lasker, Gruber and...

Frontline Cancer: Research links lack of sleep and cancer biology

August 26, 2016 at 11:12 p.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Sleep is the best meditation, says the Dalai Lama. It may also be the best medication. Sufficient sleep – seven or eight hours each night – is important...

Frontline Cancer: Transformative period in cancer prevention

August 26, 2016 at 11:55 p.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:One year ago this month, a pair of distinguished researchers at Johns Hopkins University published a study that essentially concluded getting cancer is just “bad luck,” the unfortunate...

Frontline Cancer: ‘Dream Team’ to study pancreatic cancer

August 27, 2016 at 12:11 a.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Pancreatic cancer may be the most devastating and lethal of all cancers. It comprises just 3 percent of all cancer cases in the United States. The average lifetime...

Frontline Cancer: Moving to better serve Hispanic patients

August 27, 2016 at 12:38 a.m.

Like California in general, the counties of San Diego and Imperial are “majority-minority,” a demographics term that means the majority of the population is comprised of non-white groups. The largest...

Frontline Cancer: Thoughts for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

August 27, 2016 at 12:55 a.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men after skin cancer, with roughly 221,000 new cases each year. But while this number is high, the prognosis...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Son’s cancer diagnosis brings home doctor’s mission to find a cure

August 27, 2016 at 1:20 a.m.

Editor’s Note: Last week, I received this beautiful letter from contributing columnist, Dr. Scott Lippman, director of the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. With his permission, I’m sharing it...

FRONTLINE CANCER: New cancer cell initiative maps mutations

August 27, 2016 at 1:26 a.m.

When the first draft of the human genome project was published in 2001, it justifiably sparked much acclaim and anticipation. It marked a new era in science, one fraught with...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Cancer Survivor rates continue to improve

August 27, 2016 at 1:40 a.m.

June is National Cancer Survivor Month, highlighted by National Cancer Survivors Day, which occurred June 7. At University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, we marked this 28th annual...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Fighting liver cancer, Part 2

August 27, 2016 at 1:55 a.m.

Second of two parts.Untreated, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — or what people more commonly call liver cancer — is quickly fatal, usually within a year or so.Traditional chemotherapy does little to...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Fighting liver cancer, Part 1

August 27, 2016 at 2:09 a.m.

Among the myriad of malignancies that plague us, liver cancer doesn’t generally . It’s not among the top 10 cancers in the United States. It doesn’t get the same media...

Frontline Cancer: Examining the luck factor

August 27, 2016 at 2:28 a.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Some of you may have read news stories recently that suggested getting cancer is simply a matter of bad luck, and that nothing can be done to significantly...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Welcome to the biggest decade of discovery in medical history

August 27, 2016 at 2:52 a.m.

When the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) speak with one voice, it’s time to listen. When they echo...

Frontline Cancer: Resolve to fight cancer in 2015

August 27, 2016 at 3:20 a.m.

By now, your New Year’s resolutions are at least a few weeks old and hopefully, they’re still in effect. Like you, I’m all in favor of saving money, spending more...

Frontline Cancer: A ‘game-changer’ for prostate biopsies

September 1, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Prostate cancer is diagnosed more often in American men than any other form of the disease, with roughly 238,000 new cases each year. That works out to about...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Tracing the causes of breast cancer

September 1, 2016 at 7:51 a.m.

Last year, more than 232,000 women were told they had invasive breast cancer — in which cancer cells have spread beyond the mammary glands — and another 64,000 were diagnosed...

FRONTLINE CANCER: grant arms UC San Diego Moore’s Cancer Center’s fight against the disease

September 1, 2016 at 7:06 a.m.

A few months ago, something momentous happened at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. It was months in the making, years in fact. It would fundamentally define the future and...

Frontline Cancer: Retraining your immune system to fight cancer

September 1, 2016 at 6:22 a.m.

• FRONTLINE CANCER:Given the complexities of cancer, there is not – and likely never will be – a single way to destroy it. Instead, the oncologist’s armamentarium must be stocked...

FRONTLINE CANCER: Exercise, exercise, exercise!

September 1, 2016 at 5:45 a.m.

Regular exercise improves health in ways most of us already know. It helps control weight, maintain strong bones, muscles and ts, reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature...

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