Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

July 15, 2016
Guest Author: Greg Cooper Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in this country, though over the past decade, both the incidence and mortality have been declining. Colorectal screening is universally recommended as a means to detect premalignant adenomas as well as…

July 01, 2016
Having Vice President Joe Biden kick-off the post Cancer Moonshot Summit national campaign in Cleveland - what a day!! The Vice President came to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center because we proposed a concerted effort to develop interventional science driven…

July 01, 2016
Stanton Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, introduced Vice President Joe Biden at a Cleveland event on Thursday afternoon. Vice President Joe Biden came to Cleveland Thursday with a simple message for physicians and scientists fighting cancer: collaborate. Speaking at his…

June 28, 2016
Tune in Wednesday, June 29, as cancer researchers doctors, scientists, philanthropists, community oncologists, advocates, patients, and survivors come together for the Cleveland Cancer Moonshot Summit. The White House organized the national summit on behalf of Vice President Joe Biden. The summit…

June 27, 2016
Risk score would determine who would benefit from chemoradiation alone Researchers estimate that, in the United States annually, up to 10,000 rectal cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery, and more than 25,000 suffer from pelvic sepsis, wound infection and permanent impairments from…
June 20, 2016
Please join us for an outstanding Cancer Center Annual Scientific Retreat, July 7-8, 2016. The organizing committee [Yogen Saunthararajah (Co-Chair), Nicole Steinmetz (Co-Chair), Eli Bar, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Barbara Bedogni, Chris Flask, Alex Huang, Ruth Keri, Goutham Narla, Nima Sharifi, Scott…
June 03, 2016
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting starts today in Chicago. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has many members participating, presenting, and leading sessions. Click here to view a full list of participation. Please support your colleagues if you are attending the…

May 26, 2016
Mapping of the full-length TRPV2 protein structure could advance design of innovative pharmaceutical compounds A team led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has identified a promising new target for the development of treatments for chronic pain and some…
May 17, 2016
When Ryan Anthony first felt sharp pains in his ribs while blowing into his trumpet, he never imagined he’d be diagnosed with multiple myeloma—a cancer of the cells formed in his bone marrow—and given two to three years to live. Anthony was just 43, with an extremely rare and incurable disease…

May 06, 2016
Alex Huang, MD, PhD, co-Leader of the Hematopoietic and Immune Cancer Biology Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and pediatric oncologist at the Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, has been named to a…