Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases

Effective October 3, 2011, the routes to get to 725 Welch Road will change due to Project: Renewal construction work to expand Packard Children’s Hospital. Please view the new map and directions.

Mailing Address
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Phone: (650) 497-8953
New Patient Referrals: (800) 995-5724

Pediatric hematologists, oncologists and stem cell transplants specialists treat leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, tumors, stem cell disorders

The Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases is committed to outstanding clinical care and research for children with cancer. This commitment, in conjunction with the numerous research resources and comprehensive social support services offered at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, assures the best possible outcome for our pediatric cancer patients and their families.

The Center focuses on caring for children with cancer and blood diseases such as:

Anemia: A common blood disorder that occurs when there are fewer red blood cells than normal, or there is a low concentration of hemoglobin in the blood.
Hemophilia: An inherited bleeding, or coagulation, disorder in which the child lacks the ability to stop bleeding because of the low levels, or complete absence, of specific proteins in their blood.
Leukemia: A cancer affecting the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow.
Hodgkin's disease: A type of lymphoma, a cancer in the lymphatic system; Hodgkin's disease causes the cells in the lymphatic system to abnormally reproduce, eventually making the body less able to fight infection. Steady enlargement of lymph glands, spleen, and other lymphatic tissue occurs. Also known as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Our pediatric specialists and research scientists are internationally known for treatments which include:

Pediatric bone marrow transplant: The Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital offers matched allogeneic related donor, matched unrelated donor, autologous, umbilical cord blood and peripheral blood stem cell transplants.
Stem cell transplantation in children: A term that acknowledges the fact that the stem cells necessary to regenerate blood and immune function can now be obtained from peripheral or umbilical cord blood, as well as from bone marrow.

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Meet a Patient

Jennifer Ridgley and her oncologist, Michael Link, MD, discuss her treatment for Hodgkin disease, the care provided, and The Bass Center at Packard Children's. View the video.