Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

It is almost July, and it is hard to believe we are halfway through a very challenging 2020, unlike any year we’ve ever encountered. Plans are cautiously and thoughtfully coming together for the next academic year. While our research labs continue to operate – often remotely and performing critical ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center immediately created plans to shift activities towards combating this deadly disease. Here are three examples of the impact on member research. Identifying potential therapeutic agents against SARS-CoV-2 ...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) extends congratulations to Pallavi Tiwari, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University as she was selected as one of six recipients of Johnson & Johnson's Women in STEM²D (WiSTEM²D) Scholar Awards. The awards, ...

Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, is on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) team recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for its annual AACR Team Science Awards. The awards were made during the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting. Barnholtz-Sloan is the Sally S. Morley Designated Professor in...

A Day of Reflection These are extraordinary times and perhaps Juneteenth can be a day of reckoning and reflection for all of us associated with the Cancer Center. I applaud President Barbara Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson's decision to allow us all to pause and reflect by closing Case Western Reserv...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD as she recently received a 2020 YWCA of Greater Cleveland Women of Professional Excellence award. The award has honored more than 1,500 women since its inception in 1977. Dr. Barnholtz-Sloan is Associate Direc...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to participate in the third Machine Learning Working Group Meeting June 22 from noon to 1 p.m. ET (virtually). Feixiong Cheng, assistant professor with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, will present his work focusing ...

The 2020 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting is taking place virtually in two parts. The AACR Virtual Annual Meeting Part I was held April 27-28 and Part II will be held June 22-24. The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of cancer...

We confront cancer every day, but that is not enough. The exasperating death of George Floyd by the very direct and intentional action of a white Minneapolis police officer, with a well-documented, and tolerated repeated abusive activity, reflects unacceptable attitudes and deflection of underlying...

In a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers led by Charis Eng, MD, PhD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, FRCP determined that mutations of the WWP1 gene may also drive cancers associated with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) in patients without PTEN gene mutation...