Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Respected Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher, Nathan A. Berger, MD, has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups, an...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center invites the campus community to the second annual Cancer Disparities Symposium Friday, March 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building auditorium and atrium. This year’s event is themed “Taking it to the Streets: Where ...

Kathy Miller wanted to make a difference in the lives of children with cancer. But she knew she wouldn’t be the one discovering a cure, and she doesn’t have day-to-day interaction with patients. So Miller, director of operations in the Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, found ...

Cancer Stem Cell Conference (CSC 2018) invites all trainees and faculty conducting related research to the topic area to submit abstracts. To be considered for the Young Investigator Award, abstract submission should also be accompanied by a CV and a letter of support from a mentor or colleague. Th...

The next Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Seminar Series event will be a discussion on “BAFF receptor—A novel therapeutic target for B cell malignancies.” Reshmi Parameswaran, assistant professor of medicine and member of the Hematopoietic and Immune Cancer Biology Program of the Case Comprehensive...

As a part of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Scientific Series, researchers will present the findings of their Research Innovation Fund pilot projects, offer an overview of their scientific discoveries and outline what comes next for their projects. The presentations, held Thursday, ...

The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors met November 29, 2017, and the slide decks were recently released. The slides provide a snapshot of the direction of the NCI, and include funding opportunities and access to NCI resources that are useful for many investigators across the Case CCC. Please review...

Blocking action of gene enhancers halts spread of tumor cells In one of the first successes of its kind, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and six other institutions have inhibited the spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. In doing so, they...

The report that Apple will develop applications to download access of our personal electronic medical record to our personal smart phones (Apple, in Sign of Health Ambitions, Adds Medical Records Feature for iPhone, NY Times) could be transformational for medical care, our sense of medical wellbeing...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host its next seminar series event Friday, Feb. 9, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building auditorium. The event will feature Anthony F. Shields, professor of oncology and medicine at Wayne State University and associate di...