Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
July 29, 2016
Many of us are concerned with improving the cost of care in the setting of major cancer care centers, such as those at Cleveland Clinic and Seidman Cancer Center and their network sites. A publication from members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) on the "Value Access Cost of…
July 26, 2016
Phenanthriplatin outperformed cisplatin in mouse model of triple-negative breast cancer when encapsulated into nanocarrier In a pair of firsts, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that the drug candidate phenanthriplatin can be more…
July 23, 2016
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomes Monica Webb Hooper, PhD as Director of the new Office of Cancer Disparities Research. She is also Professor of General Medical Sciences (Oncology), Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University…
July 20, 2016
Findings lay groundwork for human clinical trial planned for August 2016 A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The…
July 18, 2016
National Cancer Institute awards $3.3 million to develop digital image analytics Researchers from Case Western Reserve University are teaming with industry and other academics to develop a quick and inexpensive test to predict which women with ER+ breast cancer need chemotherapy and which need…
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…