Cancer

Surprising and sometimes strange biology fuels the future of medicine

Allergy treatment works better when side effects are seen as good news

Learning together through Stanford-Zimbabwe health care collaborations

People with frequent common skin cancers could have a higher risk of developing other cancers, study shows.

Researchers can employ a magnetic wire to detect up to 80 times more free-floating cancer cells in blood than simple blood tests show.

Stanford researchers launch a massive study of lung tissue — healthy and diseased — in one of their own

Altering cells could ease a promising cancer therapy’s side effects

Researchers engineer brewer’s yeast to produce a complex drug that’s in short supply

Serendipity and passion peg an elusive illness

More women with cancer are opting to skip BRCA test in favor of mutlipanel analysis.