Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding to propel studies across six institutions The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $6 million grant to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to continue research on Barrett’s Esophagus, a potentially fatal condition associated…

Deep-learning network possible step toward automating biopsy slide analysis A deep-learning computer network developed through research led by Case Western Reserve University was 100 percent accurate in determining whether invasive forms of breast cancer were present in whole biopsy…

Updated July 2021 Did you know that some drugs affect men and women differently? For instance, women are often prescribed only half the dose that men take of the sleep medication, Ambien (zolpidem). Race and ethnicity also make a difference. One type of drug commonly used to treat high blood…

Also receives major grant from Stand Up to Cancer to “starve cancer cells to death” Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have been named to a new colorectal cancer Dream Team that was announced in April at the annual meeting of the American…

A massive new study involving blood samples from more than 30,000 individuals has identified 13 new genetic risk factors for glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor in adults. The study, published in Nature Genetics, reveals specific differences in a person’s DNA that increase…

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) have been named to a prestigious "colorectal cancer dream team" that was announced today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. The dream…

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University has identified a pattern of clustered genetic changes that appear to encourage growth of colorectal cancer tumors—a finding that points to a promising potential target for drug development. In a study published in…

Genetic mutations can increase a person's cancer risk, but other gene "enhancer" elements may also be responsible for disease progression, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. In a breakthrough study published in Nature Communications, scientists discovered changes…

The running joke in Alex Huang’s pediatric oncology immunotherapy lab is that, to become a member of the research team, you have to shave your head. While that’s not really the case, many do so anyway—for a good cause. The researchers in Huang’s lab will “brave the shave” once again at the 2017…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the Cancer Disparities Symposium: "Building Bridges to Address Cancer Disparities" Friday, March 17, at 8 a.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building. Understanding and addressing cancer disparities is complex and multi-faceted, and…