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From Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: A research team led by Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH, Genomic Medicine Institute, has found that immune cell infiltration of colorectal cancer (CRC) tumors can predict disease relapse in patients who undergo surgery with curative intent. Published in Onc...

From University Hospitals: Quintin Pan, PhD and colleagues at University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center have identified biomarker immunoglobulin J polypeptide (IGJ), uniquely expressed in plasma cells, predicts early disease-specific mortality among HPV-positive patients with HNSCC. The team p...

The 2021 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting is taking place virtually in two parts. The AACR Virtual Annual Meeting Part I will be held April 10-15 and Part II will be held May 17-21. The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of can...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Cleveland Clinic's Nima Sharifi, MD, as he has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research. In ...

To support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page, and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology...

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 eng...

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 ...

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 Canc...

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 years...

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 e...