Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

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...

Case Western Reserve University and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the 20th annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium, Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6. This symposium is a great opportunity for people working on DNA damage and repair in the Midwest area to gather together and discuss sc...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host its next seminar series event Friday, Feb. 2, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building auditorium. The event will feature Jason Lewis, the Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology, vice chair for research for the department ...

Leading cancer researcher, Alex Huang MD, PhD, has received a $450,000 Basic Science grant from the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation to study targeted approaches for effectively eliminating metastatic osteosarcoma. "We're very excited to study an important cancer that occurs in adolescents, you...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host its next seminar series event, featuring Derek M. Griffith, associate professor of medicine, health and society and director of the Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University. Griffith will present “Context, Challenges & Considerations...

Investigators at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable test for early detection of Barrett's esophagus that offers promise for preventing deaths from esophageal a...

Researchers repurpose pain meds to kill cancer cells Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) at Case Western Reserve University have helped develop a computer program to find new indications for old drugs. The computer program, called DrugPredict, matches existing data about FDA-...

The CVS Health Foundation awarded the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center $130,000 to expand its smoking-cessation program and reach more at-risk patients. The center was one of eight Association of American Cancer Institute member cancer centers to receive funding, with $1 million awarded in total. ...