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Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case…

Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case…

As Cleveland Clinic's Aaron Gerds, MD, finishes his term as chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Committee on Communications, he will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of ASH Clinical News, the organization's magazine for American Society of Hematology members and non-members alike –…

The Colorectal Cancer Alliance today announced $500,000 in total funding for two colorectal cancer (CRC) studies through its Chris4Life Research Program. Case Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Vinay Varadan, PhD, will investigate how multifactorial mechanisms…

The Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics will host a virtual Machine Learning Working Group Meeting Dec. 14, from 11a.m. to noon EST. Mauricio Reyes, associate professor at the University of Bern, Switzerland, will present “On accuracy, robustness and explainability of…

School of Medicine awarded $2.6M; receives two of 13 grants nationally New research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) aims to boost understanding of how the immune system responds to COVID-19, from the start of infection to recovery. Two projects totaling over $2.6 million are being…

We wish Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS much luck as he transitions to a new position at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as chief of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Sekeres has been a long-time advocate for cancer patients and clinical research in our center. His guidance, leadership and gift for…

Cleveland Clinic's newly established Center for Immunotherapy & Precision Immuno-Oncology (CITI) has launched its Immunomonitoring Laboratory (IML), which will help researchers and clinicians to analyze the nature and state of immune responses of cancer patients. The IML is an institutional core…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, PhD and Stanley Huang, PhD as they were each identified by Clarivate as some of the world's most influential researchers, most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In…

When Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Director Stan Gerson, MD agreed to take part in an exploratory trip to Israel this past March, he could not imagine the worldwide pandemic that would descend and shake up every aspect of the trip. While conferences were canceled, meetings were…