Director's Message

At Progressive Field and on televisions across America, all who watched the ninetieth Major League Baseball All-Star Game live from Cleveland, OH felt the power of community in the game’s fifth inning as baseball fans and players alike stood up for those affected with cancer. The moment was part of ...

Last month the NCI released their Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer that reported "for all cancer sites combined, cancer death rates continued to decline in men, women, and children in the United States from 1999 to 2016." While these statistics are encouraging and confirm we have ...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Fred Schumacher, PhD, MPH and Erika Trapl, PhD as new co-leaders of the Cancer Prevention, Control and Population Research Program (CPC). Together with current program leader Greg Cooper, MD, Trapl and Schumacher will con...

The following is a message from Director Stan Gerson, MD and Associate Director for Basic Research Ruth Keri, PhD. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center would like to thank Bingcheng Wang, PhD and Alex Almasan, PhD for their hard work in leading the Alex ...

2019 - A Pivot Year for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center David Schwartz Photography What happens after we celebrate an Exceptional merit rating for NCI designation, renewal of the GI SPORE, the BETRNet, the K12 program, a series of large ne...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) thanks Li Li, MD, PhD, MPH for his leadership and dedication to our mission since joining the center in the early 2000s. Dr. Li started his professional career as a lecturer in China, then moved to the United States ...

"Clinical Applications of Computational Methods in Precision Oncology" was the topic of the National Cancer Policy Forum at the National Academy of Medicine on October 29-30, 2018 [View workshop speakers and agenda]. I would like to summarize key observations, and provide you with an update on the c...

At the October 1-2 Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) meeting in Chicago, there were a number of interesting sessions covering global cancer research and care, physician burnout (high in oncology), use of big data in cancer care and research, and the explosion in breast cancer genomics...

The New York Times recently ran a story about a top cancer researcher who failed to disclose corporate financial ties in many of his research publications. The article outlines the researcher's relationship with corporations, making the point that "[the researcher's] extensive corporate relationship...

The 2018 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Scientific Retreat focused on the interface between the strategic scientific initiatives and the 7 Research Programs, to help link innovative efforts with the breadth of research of our members. The program was a resounding success with terrific pres...