Reimagining cancer
Innovation-driven exploration and care
This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores advances in cancer science, prevention and care.

Cancer research and care
Lifting the burden of cancer
Advances in cancer science, prevention and care
Unleashing the immune system
Successes mount for cell therapies, marshaling the body’s bullies to fight cancer
A very personal mission
Facing incurable cancer, this doctor saw opportunity
The art of kintsugi
Together, two physicians find life lessons at its edge
The future of cancer innovation and care
Stanford Medicine’s leaders share their vision
Tackling cancer disparities
Research, outreach and care designed to eliminate barriers for minority groups
Dangerous infiltrators
Cancer hijacks nervous-system signals — and scientists want to stop it
Plus
Practice doesn’t always make perfect
Seizures worsen by co-opting one of the brain’s mechanisms for learning
Sweet insight into memory loss
Glucose might block new neurons from forming
Lifelines
Nurses answer calls for stem cell donations
Guiding our way to better health
In the Health Compass podcast, host Maya Adam navigates us through big questions in health care and medicine
Letter from the Dean
Unlocking the secrets of curing cancer
Cancer research and clinical advances come at a critical moment as cancer incidence continues to rise
Upfront
Therapy results predicted
Brains scans can reveal success odds of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Out-of-body experiments
Determining the destructive role of gluten in people with celiac disease
Preemie parenting, kangaroo-style
Skin-to-skin contact between a newborn and parent imparts lasting cognitive benefits
Bladder control nirvana
Low-impact exercise can reduce daily episodes of urinary incontinence for women, a study finds
Prognosis in plain sight
Researchers can predict success for patients with upper-spine injuries
Flipping genes
A study finds bacterial genes can encode more than one protein, altering a core understanding of genetics.
Inhaler emissions
Metered-dose asthma inhalers emit outsized portion of greenhouse gases
Explore Issues

The majestic cell
How the smallest units of life determine our health

Psychiatry’s new frontiers
Hope amid crisis

AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine
