Bass Childhood Cancer Center - Stanford Medicine Children's Health
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
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.
Learn about conditions we treat
New hope, decades of experience
Newer treatments like gene therapy and immunotherapy have lifesaving potential.
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.
Research and Innovation
Our physicians and researchers are working at the forefront of pediatric cancers and blood diseases.
Conditions We Treat
Working with your family to find the best treatment for your child’s cancer, from proven treatments to promising clinical trials.
Our Care Team
Your care team may include physicians such as hematologists, oncologists, clinical nurse specialists, nutritionists, therapists, and more.
Resources
Ensuring you have all the information you need to be an active part of the treatment process.
Our Locations
Contact and location information for the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases.
Contact Us
Call (844) 760-9177 for appointments and more information.
Our bright, spacious outpatient clinic and Infusion Center, featuring all-private infusion rooms, are the perfect place to heal.
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.
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.
Patient Stories
Pediatric Oncologist Takes on New Role: Helping Kids Have Fun at Summer Camp
Stanford pediatric oncologist Dr. Karen Chao treats kids with cancer and helps them have fun outside the hospital too, at a special camp just for them...
Stanford Medicine Opens New Facility Offering Proton Therapy for Pediatric and Adult Cancer Patients
Stanford Medicine's proton therapy facility aims to minimize side effects to young patients.
Charlotte Musgrove, RN, excels in pediatric cancer nursing at Stanford Medicine Children's Health, advocating for improved treatments and research fun...
Treating children, adolescents, and young adults with all types of cancer and blood diseases
Cancer Supporting your child with customized, compassionate care
- 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 Delivering the highest quality, cutting-edge care
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.