Treatment for Life: Research, Therapy, Long-Term Care Converge at Bass Center
Twenty years ago, a child diagnosed with cancer faced a short life filled with toxic chemicals, long hospital stays, and multiple surgeries. Treatment took a “one-size-fits-all” approach, and the...
In many ways, Mateo Kohler of San Jose is a typical 9-year-old. He likes to play soccer and practice tae kwon do, and he may be overly fond of video games. But he’s also a bit of mystery. Diagnosed...
Many Minds, One Goal: Toward a Cure for Childhood Cancer
How does cancer start? Stanford cancer biologist Julien Sage, PhD, has spent much of his career tackling that fundamental question. Sage is not alone in this pursuit, with many researchers at...
Life After Cancer: Helping Children and Families Cope with Long-Term Effects of Cancer Survival
For Claire Harding of San Mateo, cancer treatment was life saving – and life changing. Just days before her tenth birthday, she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor. After...
Lydia Lee of Palo Alto was 6 years old when she experienced the first warning signs of cancer. “I remember how it started,” she says. “It was November of 1990. I was at school, and I felt a pain in...
