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Shearwood McClelland, MD, a member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program, is the corresponding author for the study "Disparities in access to radiotherapy among Hispanic/Latinx populations in the United States: How far have we left to go?" published in the Oct. 26, 2023, issue of…

Christine Ash, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) alumna and emerita VP, and her husband Timothy have made a $1.25M gift to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish the Christine and Timothy Ash Fund for Cancer Innovation Research. Ash, who graduated with bachelor's and master's…

During Chris Ash’s nearly 50 years at Case Western Reserve University, she saw modern buildings rise, leadership change and entirely new areas of study debut. She earned two degrees—a bachelor’s in history in 1972 and an MBA specializing in accounting in 1981—and worked in the geology department,…

The Provost Scholars Program at Case Western Reserve University, The Concerned Pastors of East Cleveland, and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have collaborated to create the Health and Wellness Series: Staying Healthy and Living Longer.  The mission of this program is to improve health…

Two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and…

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and G. Thomas Budd, MD, member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, is getting noticed as the PI for his contribution to the vaccine created to find and attack the protein alpha-lactalbumin, an indicator of triple-negative breast cancer if found in women who are…

September 30 marks Rare Cancer Day each year. But this year, the end of September was made even more meaningful to Case CCC thanks to a gift from the Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research (JEDI). The $5 million launches CURE: The Rare Cancer Initiative at Case CCC. The gift is in…

As National Rare Cancer Day nears (Sept. 30), Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research announces major gift to spur cross-country collaboration Less than six months after Jed Ian Taxel’s diagnosis with a rare metastatic cancer, he learned his treatment was ineffective. Weeks before his…

Awarded five-year, $3.05 million grant from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute With a new five-year, $3.05 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Hospitals (UH)…

A new $2 million grant from the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation has established the Mt. Sinai Fellows in Therapeutic Discovery, an effort to support the recruitment of exceptional mid-career MD/PhD researchers to participate in an interdisciplinary collaborative that includes CWRU's hospital…