Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

William Kaelin, Jr., MD William Kaelin, Jr. from Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University was jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe from Oxford University and Francis Crick Institute and Gregg L. Semenza from Johns…

“Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab has the potential to become a platinum-free option for cisplatin-ineligible locally advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer patients in the first-line setting," said Christopher J. Hoimes, DO, hematologist/oncologist at University Hospitals, assistant…

The Office of Cancer Disparities Research at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center invites multidisciplinary researchers, community agencies and organizations to submit abstracts for presentation at the fourth annual Cancer Disparities Symposium Friday, March 6. Abstracts will be divided into two…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) has made pilot award selections following a recent RFA. Selected projects were recognized as highly innovative and impactful, and likely to generate key data for larger, nationally competitive grants. Investigators were permitted to submit…

This week, the New York Times featured an opinion piece written by three board members of the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation, including Mukesh Jain, MD, University Hospitals cardiologist, professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and member of the Case…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jame Abraham, MD as he was recently appointed Chair of the Hematology/Oncology Department at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Abraham directs the Breast Oncology Program at Taussig Cancer Institute and is co-director of the Cleveland Clinic…

My approach to best care has always been to think of a clinical trial first and use best available evidence next. That approach was unnerved by this week's excellent Perspective in the NEJM by Robert Aronowitz and Jeremy Greene. Aronowitz and Greene's perceptive and moving account of an all too…

Congratulations to the below Case Comprehensive Cancer Center members from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine who were recently announced as recipients of Annual Pilot Awards from the Cleveland Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC)! Up to $50,000 in…

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 54 academic inventors to the Spring 2019 class of NAI Senior Members, including Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC). NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from its Member…

The 2019 American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting will take place Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at McCormick Place West in Chicago, IL. ASTRO offers interactive sessions with content curated by specialty, purposeful networking opportunities,…