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Translating cancer research into healing care

Your child is in the hands of one of the Bay Area’s most experienced teams, leaders in evidence-based care

Meet our cancer and blood disease teams

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Leaders in the fight against cancer

Our Stanford Medicine physicians are a part of the NCI-designated Stanford Cancer Institute and make discoveries that help drive more effective treatments both at home and around the world

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Cutting-edge clinical trials

We offer innovative new trials in immunotherapy, gene editing and precision medicine

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Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases

When facing a childhood cancer or blood disorder, you want the right team fighting alongside you and your family. A team that will do everything possible to help your child get better and get back to being a kid.

Committed to giving every child exceptional care

Our treatments are backed by groundbreaking research. We’re proud to be nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report and part of the NCI-designated Stanford Cancer Institute, meaning the latest discoveries can help inform your child’s care.

We are making great strides in treating childhood cancer, but we still have more work to do. Hear Dr. Tanja Gruber, Stanford's pediatric hematology/oncology chief, describe some of the exciting advances on the horizon.

Our inpatient unit for patients with childhood cancer and blood diseases is designed to help patients get better faster, with features to keep the space cleaner and help kids get out of their rooms and play.

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Treating children, adolescents, and young adults with all types of cancer and blood diseases

Cancer

Leukemia and lymphoma
Brain tumors
Bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Other solid tumors, including neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumor, liver tumors, and germ cell tumors

Blood diseases and bone marrow failure disorders

Aplastic anemia, iron-deficiency anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell disease, hemolytic anemia, and red cell aplasia
Platelet disorders, hemophilia, and other inherited bleeding disorders
Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Our pediatric specialists and research scientists are known globally for developing groundbreaking treatments including only-at-Stanford clinical trials, immunotherapy, gene therapy, and stem cell transplantation. We also offer specialized programs for adolescents and young adults with cancer and cancer survivors.

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Committed to giving every child exceptional care

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Treating children, adolescents, and young adults with all types of cancer and blood diseases