Research in the Oncology Division

			Milestones in Research From 1945 - when Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell (Harvard) discover nuclear magnetic resonance - used today to detect brain tumors and other cancers - to the present. More

Our faculty and the strength of their independent programs are the heart and soul of our research. Each faculty member represents an area of cancer research, and each has built a team focusing on a specific cancer problem.

Our current areas of basic research concentration are immunology, genetics and genomics, pharmacology, DNA repair and oncogene action.

Many of these programs generate novel diagnostic or therapeutic approaches, which are being tested in clinical trials. Our clinical investigators are able to draw on the discoveries from our own laboratories, from the best new leads by industrial collaborators, and from colleagues both within Stanford and around the world.

Clinical Trials

Stanford conducts many clinical trials. The most current clinical trials information is maintained on the Web by the Stanford Cancer Center in its searchable cancer clinical trial database. More information on clinical trials is available by calling the contact person listed for each trial in which you are interested, or by calling the Cancer Clinical Trials Office at (650) 498-7061.

Research Laboratories

These labs are affiliated with the Division of Oncology:

• The R. Levy Lab, directed by Dr. Ronald Levy.

• The S. Levy Lab, directed by Dr. Shoshana Levy.

• The Sikic Lab, directed by Dr. Branimir I. Sikic.

• The Chu Lab, directed by Dr. Gilbert Chu.

• The Ford Lab, directed by Dr. James Ford.

• The Felsher Lab, directed by Dr. Dean Felsher.

Affiliations

In addition to the Stanford Cancer Center, these units have web sites that may contain useful information on oncology clinical trials at Stanford:

• the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)

• the Department of Gynecologic Oncology

• the Department of Radiation Oncology

• the Stanford Cancer Genetics Clinic