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In his State of the Union speech earlier this week, President Obama asked Vice President Joe Biden to lead the "moonshot" to cure cancer that Biden asked for last year. This statement has received national attention and has created quite a buzz over the last few days. Key leaders in cancer…

 Associate Director for Shared Resources As of the New Year, James Jacobberger, PhD has retired from his position as Associate Director for Shared Resources of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a position he has held since 2002. He will remain active in the Cancer Center, as Emeritus Professor…

I have an answer to the question you might be asking:  "What ever happened at the External Advisory Board meeting November 20, 2015?" Well to start, your Program Leaders worked hard to assemble and convey all of your incredible work so we could showcase a very active cancer center with remarkable…

Mice are tumor-free and protected from metastases after treatment The shells of a common plant virus, inhaled into a lung tumor or injected into ovarian, colon or breast tumors, not only triggered the immune system in mice to wipe out the tumors, but provided systemic protection against metastases,…

As 2015 is coming to a close, we would like to thank Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) research community for reviewing our Cultural Competency Series features, both in Newsletters and on the website. We are planning to continue the Series next year on a quarterly basis, so please keep…

Research participants have commonly been found to lack basic understanding of fundamental aspects of the studies in which they are participating. The informed consent process is one of many aspects of research that should be periodically examined in an attempt to restore trust in the research…

Multicenter team led by Case Western Reserve scientists uses brief exposure to therapy to find biomarker predictive of response to therapy A multicenter team led by Case Western Reserve has demonstrated that brief exposure to a targeted therapy can tell doctors which HER2-negative patients will…

October is Health Literacy Month It’s estimated that more than 90 million Americans have low health literacy, which means they may not be able to understand health information, make informed choices about their care, navigate our complex health care system or communicate effectively with their…

Prepared by Aaron McCorkle, BA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation Unconscious Bias and Health Disparities Implicit social cognition, or unconscious bias, allows individuals to use portions of prior experiences to affect performance, although it may not be introspectively realized (Greenwald &…

Groundbreaking medical research offers Sanford Markowitz the best of two worlds. He thrives on solving tough scientific puzzles that come with medical research in a top-flight academic center. He also finds immense gratification that his work may someday help someone with serious illness such as…