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A group of Black women work toward a peer navigation program to help other Black women survive breast cancer.

A group of Black women work toward a peer navigation program to help other Black women survive breast cancer.

Stanford Medicine magazine explores the molecules behind human biology and how understanding them fuels medical discoveries and innovations.

Stanford Medicine magazine explores the molecules behind human biology and how understanding them fuels medical discoveries and innovations.

Researchers are using data science to home in on therapies that will work best for specific patients, advancing precision oncology.

Researchers are using data science to home in on therapies that will work best for specific patients, advancing precision oncology.

Scientists used a mobile app to screen elderly patients for potential skin cancer lesions, pointing to the value of digital health tools.

Scientists used a mobile app to screen elderly patients for potential skin cancer lesions, pointing to the value of digital health tools.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine discover a certain molecule renders a type of cancer cell more susceptible to treatment.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine discover a certain molecule renders a type of cancer cell more susceptible to treatment.

While melanoma rates have leveled off for most of the United States, Black and Latino communities are at a higher risk for the disease.

While melanoma rates have leveled off for most of the United States, Black and Latino communities are at a higher risk for the disease.

Stanford Medicine resident and collaborators spearhead an effort to decrease waste from dermatology clinics.

Stanford Medicine resident and collaborators spearhead an effort to decrease waste from dermatology clinics.

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Research from early clinical trials of pediatric glioma patients shows that altered immune cells can fight the deadly brainstem tumor.

Research from early clinical trials of pediatric glioma patients shows that altered immune cells can fight the deadly brainstem tumor.

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The common antidepressant Prozac melts away glioblastoma tumors in laboratory mice, suggesting possible treatment for the deadly cancer.

The common antidepressant Prozac melts away glioblastoma tumors in laboratory mice, suggesting possible treatment for the deadly cancer.

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From the genetics of COVID-19, to cancer, to tonsils, this story is a wrap up of Scope's most read stories of 2021.

From the genetics of COVID-19, to cancer, to tonsils, this story is a wrap up of Scope's most read stories of 2021.

A Stanford Medicine doctor helped write and support legislation to enable free hepatitis B and C screenings for those who request it.

A Stanford Medicine doctor helped write and support legislation to enable free hepatitis B and C screenings for those who request it.

Neurosurgeon Michael Lim studies how to unleash the immune system to attack a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

Neurosurgeon Michael Lim studies how to unleash the immune system to attack a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

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A common ovarian cancer evades detection by convincing nearby immune cells to treat it as a developing fetus.

A common ovarian cancer evades detection by convincing nearby immune cells to treat it as a developing fetus.

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Stanford Medicine researchers conducted an experiment to find new genes that, when knocked out, boost immune cells' cancer-killing ability.

Stanford Medicine researchers conducted an experiment to find new genes that, when knocked out, boost immune cells' cancer-killing ability.

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Stanford Medicine Scientists have devised a blood test to predict some cancer relapses after patients have already been treated.

Stanford Medicine Scientists have devised a blood test to predict some cancer relapses after patients have already been treated.

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