Director's Message

We are already preparing for VeloSano 5 - an annual bike ride dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. I hope you will join us for the ride on July 21-22! All of the funds raised through VeloSano support cancer research. This event has quickly grown into the largest fundraising event for cancer rese...

The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors met November 29, 2017, and the slide decks were recently released. The slides provide a snapshot of the direction of the NCI, and include funding opportunities and access to NCI resources that are useful for many investigators across the Case CCC. Please review...

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...

AACI recently released a message in opposition to CMS' proposal to cut hospital reimbursement, outlining how this decision will most negatively impact patients. The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) opposes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)' Medicare Programs: Hos...

Over the past year, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has undertaken a program and center-wide effort to identify our scientific initiatives for the next 6 years, and to integrate these with our research programs. This effort engaged the help of our entire membership, guided by our Executive Comm...

Last week, Lancet Oncology released a special report, "Future Cancer Research Priorities in the USA: A Lancet Oncology Commission." As co-author of this report, I joined fellow cancer research experts across the nation to lay out a detailed roadmap to deliver on the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel...

Dear Cancer Center community: It is always good, if not satisfying, to recognize that every hour and ounce of effort was worth it in any endeavor. The 18-month effort of the renewal of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center concluded around 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon in Tinkham Veale. The efforts ...

For those of us on the course, at cheering or rest stop sites or volunteering along the way, it is a proud feeling to be part of an important community event. The weather was handled in a thoughtful way, and that allowed the entire ride to be uneventful and a rousing success! To see so many thousan...

2017 is flying by! For a real-time update please join us for our Annual Scientific Retreat this Thursday, July 20 in the Tinkham Veale University Center. Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, will deliver a keynote presentati...

As you can tell from my message last week, 2017 will be a very busy year for our Center. I would be remiss, however, if I didn't offer some reflection on highlights from the past year. Let me tell you - 2016 was pretty excitement-packed and record-setting itself. When I say that I am not just refer...