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American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019: Highlights from the Case CCC
            The 2019 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting will take place Friday, March 29 through Wednesday, April 3 in Atlanta, GA. The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of cancer research—from population science and…
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5 questions with… sophomore, Shave It Off participant Nedal Eid
Each year for the past seven, sophomore nutrition major Nedal Eid has grown out his hair in anticipation of the one day he’ll have it all cut off. That day is today (March 8). Eid will participate in the Shave It Off fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that supports childhood…
Khorana, Bolwell Publish Case Study on Reducing Time-to-Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients
Alok Khorana, MD Time from new cancer diagnosis to starting treatment has increased over the past two decades - the median time to treatment at large academic centers is over six weeks. Delays in treatment are potentially linked to worse survival in certain cancers, especially…
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Newly identified drug targets could open door for esophageal cancer therapeutics
Researchers block two cancer cell signaling pathways and slow tumor growth Blocking two molecular pathways that send signals inside cancer cells could stave off esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common esophageal malignancy in the United States, according to new research from a team led by…
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Third annual Cancer Disparities Symposium
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center invites the campus community to attend the third annual Cancer Disparities Symposium Friday, March 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Tinkham Veale University Center. Symposium speakers will include prominent researchers, clinicians and community organizations…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $3.2M NIH grant for health disparities research
Two projects focus on racial disparities in colorectal and breast cancer The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center received a three-year, nearly $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate colorectal and breast cancer health disparities. The grant is one of only four Specialized…
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Shave It Off
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to participate in the 2019 Shave It Off event to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This year’s event will be held Friday, March 8, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital…
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New research highlights why HIV-infected patients suffer higher rates of cancer than general population
National Institutes of Health funded research to study cancer patients with HIV/AIDS AIDS patients suffer higher rates of cancer because they have fewer T-cells in their bodies to fight disease. But new research examines why HIV-infected patients have higher rates of cancer—among the leading causes…
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Looking ‘outside the tumor’ to detect lung cancer
Case Western Reserve researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions outside tumor Scientists in Anant Madabhushi’s computational imaging lab at Case Western Reserve University have started thinking outside the box—or in…
Cancer Innovation Pilot Awardees Announced
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…