Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 25, 2021
We are pleased to announce four new appointments to our External Advisory Committee. We look forward to introducing them to our center and will look to them for guidance as we begin to prepare for our center grant renewal. Anita Y. Kinney, PhD is associate director for cancer health equity and…
March 24, 2021
Pingkun Yan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will give a lecture titled “Deep learning Predicts Risks from Chest CT” at the next Machine Learning Working Group Meeting. The event will be held Monday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to…
March 19, 2021
Led by cancer center directors and chief medical officers, the American Association of Cancer Institutes (AACI) initiated a mixed-methods survey of the status of cancer care across cancer center networks, results of which have been recently published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive…
March 18, 2021
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has published updated recommendations addressing eligibility for lung cancer screening with a low-radiation dose chest CT scan. The current recommendations update those published at the end of 2013. The age limits have been expanded to age 50-80…
March 05, 2021
On February 26, 1921, four physicians hosted a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio to celebrate the opening of their group practice, unveiling a new model of care based on cooperation between clinicians. Throughout the year, Cleveland Clinic is celebrating its 100-year history with virtual events, digital…
March 05, 2021
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, part of the NCI-designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been nationally recognized as an approved NPF Center by the National Pancreas Foundation. NPF Centers are awarded after a rigorous audit review to determine that an institution’s focus is on…
March 05, 2021
Rakesh Shiradkar, research assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and member of the Cancer Imaging Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was recently interviewed by the magazine Bio Patrika. Shiradkar discussed his vision, goals and current projects with the…
March 01, 2021
Supported with three-year, $2.75M grant from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation African American men in Cuyahoga County have a 60% increased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and an 80% increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to white men, according to data from the Case…
March 01, 2021
Supported with three-year, $2.75M grant from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation African American men in Cuyahoga County have a 60% increased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and an 80% increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to white men, according to data from the Case…
February 26, 2021
We thank Marcos de Lima, MD as he is headed off to The Ohio State University. He has had a very large impact as a program leader for our Hematopoietic and Immune Cell Biology Program and head of the Hematological Malignancies Division of UH Seidman Cancer Center. He helped promote cell and immune…