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Clinical and Research Breakthroughs

  • Immunotherapy January 23, 2025
    Unleashing the immune system

    Successes mount for cell therapies, marshaling the body’s bullies to fight cancer

  • Neurobiology January 23, 2025
    Dangerous infiltrators

    Cancer hijacks nervous-system signals — and scientists want to stop it

  • Cancer January 23, 2025
    Lifting the burden of cancer

    Advances in cancer science, prevention and care

  • Prostate Cancer August 29, 2025
    The next frontier for prostate cancer treatment

    Precision therapies and imaging are giving prostate cancer patients hope and light in their golden years.

  • Breast Cancer April 30, 2025
    New imaging technology helps Stanford Medicine surgeons reduce repeat breast surgeries

    Stanford Medicine breast surgeons are the first in the country to use a new technology that lights up cancer cells left behind when a tumor is removed.

  • Cancer April 21, 2025
    Stanford Medicine researchers develop RNA blood test to detect cancers, other clues

    Stanford Medicine researchers have created a liquid biopsy test capable of detecting cancers, molecular mechanisms of resistance to treatment and tissue injury.

  • Blood Cancers August 27, 2025
    Stanford Medicine-led trial leads to FDA approval of drug for rare, deadly blood cancer

    Fewer than half of people diagnosed with a subtype of myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms are alive one year later. A multicenter Phase 2 trial led by Stanford Medicine leads to FDA approval of new drug treatment.