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University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center earns National Pancreas Foundation Center Designation
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…
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Biomedical engineering’s Rakesh Shiradkar discusses work with the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics
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…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers to lead Northeast Ohio initiative to increase prostate cancer screening in African American men
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…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers to lead Northeast Ohio initiative to increase prostate cancer screening in African American men
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…
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Thank you and best wishes to Dr. de Lima
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…
New method of counting tumor cells offers possibility of a “liquid biopsy”
From Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: In a new study published in the Journal of Chromatography A, Cleveland Clinic researchers, led by Aaron Fleischman, PhD and Maciej Zborowski, PhD, reveal findings from a new device they've developed to identify and perform differential counts of…
Ting, collaborators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center awarded $1M grant from W.M. Keck Foundation to study host-microbe epigenetic crosstalk
Please join us in congratulating Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute's Angela Ting, PhD as she is co-leading a team of investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Cleveland Clinic who were recently awarded $1 million in medical research grant funding from the W.M. Keck…
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Cancer Disparities Symposium aims to create solutions that promote equity among patients
Although cancer rates and mortality in the United States are improving overall, the cancer burden remains especially high for underserved population groups. To focus on this disparity, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is hosting its annual (virtual) symposium March 4–5 to identify inequalities…
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Accepting Applications: Summer 2021 Federal Grant Writing Workshop
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is inviting applications to participate in a summer-long, weekly federal grant writing workshop. The longitudinal workshop will occur Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:30 pm beginning April 28, 2021 and ending August 4, 2021 (note: the first two sessions on…
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Shave It Off!
The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity that funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University will host their annual Shave It Off!…