Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 08, 2020
Scientists better predict recurrence of prostate cancer for black patients, according to new study; land $3.2 million in federal grants to explore racial bias in cancer diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence, computational imaging Scientists at Case Western Reserve University are using Artificial…
March 06, 2020
Copper levels increase in inflamed tissues and have been shown to promote colorectal cancer progression. Given that chronic inflammation is distinguished as a cancer risk factor, Xiaoxia Li, PhD, a researcher at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and member of the Case CCC's Hematopoietic…
March 06, 2020
A bibliometric analysis recently published in the International Journal of Surgery found articles authored by Michael W. Kattan, PhD were most-cited in the field of urological surgery. Dr. Kattan is the Dr. Keyhan and Dr. Jafar Mobasseri Endowed Chair for Innovations in Cancer Research at Cleveland…
February 26, 2020
Dear Cancer Center Community: As President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today, I am honored to take on the responsibilities of serving you as dean of the CWRU School of Medicine (SOM) on an interim basis as of July 1, 2020, while maintaining my position as director of the…
February 26, 2020
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III
announced today that they have appointed Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Director
Stan Gerson to serve as interim dean for the medical school and interim senior
vice president for medical affairs. Both appointments are effective July…
February 20, 2020
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Cancer Disparities Research will host the fourth annual Cancer Disparities Symposium: "Cultivating Science and Community Engagement to Address Cancer Health Disparities" on Friday, March 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Ballrooms A-C of the Tinkham Veale…
February 20, 2020
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic use AI, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma patients Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with…
February 11, 2020
Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD, an associate professor of oncology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded $200,000 by The DeGregorio Family Foundation and the Price Family—partnering with the Savone Family and The Esophageal Cancer…
February 05, 2020
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center thanks Monica Webb Hooper, PhD for her leadership and dedication to our mission since joining the Center in 2016. The Cancer Center is pleased to announce that in March, Dr. Webb Hooper will assume the role of Deputy Director…
January 24, 2020
Jennifer Cullen, PhD, MPH The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) is pleased to welcome Jennifer Cullen, PhD, MPH as its new Associate Director for Cancer Population Sciences, following an extensive search after the departure of Li Li, MD, PhD in January 2019. Dr. Cullen joins us…