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SWOG, ECOG, Alliance, NRG, COG, and NCTN. What does this alphabet soup mean for advancing care for patients? Some view the cooperative groups as a mechanism by which studies, that the pharmaceutical industry will undertake, get done. A few even go as far as describe them as the place to conduct a…

Last month, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed nearly 150 people to campus for the "Innovators in AYA Cancer: Driving Science and Policy toward a Brighter Future for Teens and Young Adults with Cancer" symposium. Throughout this day and a half event, research findings and scientific…

Young adults often "forgotten individuals" in cancer research ideastream: Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Asa and Patricia Shiverick–Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of Hematological Oncology, and John Letterio, professor of pediatrics, discussed the…

Case Western Reserve researchers use AI with routine CT scans to predict how well lung cancer patients will respond to expensive treatment based off changes in texture patterns inside and outside the tumor Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University digital imaging lab, already pioneering…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to George Stark, PhD as he was honored with the prestigious Steven C. Beering Award earlier this month. From the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: The prestigious award recognizes internationally regarded scientists for their…

Extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going—elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to treat One of the ways a cancer-causing gene works up enough power to turn a normal cell into a…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Halle Moore, MD, as earlier this week she was named director of breast medical oncology and co-director for the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Moore joined Cleveland Clinic in 1999 and will assume her new…

Dear members of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center community: I am happy to announce that John Pounardjian, MBA has been appointed Associate Director of Administration at our exceptional center. This appointment comes after an extensive national search following the departure of former…

For the past three years, the National Cancer Institute has funded the Youth Engaged in Science (YES) program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), introducing and training underrepresented minorities to cancer care and research professions. The program is led by Nathan Berger, MD. Program…

Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at Case Western Reserve Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled…