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UCLA Urology awarded $6M from CA Department of Health Care Services to serve vulnerable patients with prostate cancer

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UCLA’s urology department was awarded $6 million from the California Department of Health Care Services to continue providing care and critical services to underinsured and uninsured Californians diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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