Director's Message

Did you ever wonder how our colleagues nationally get to know us? As we enter 2017, I have one answer for you - the core grant renewal for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. The number of leaders in the field of cancer research who will learn about us through the grant renewal is daunting! Ou...

I would like to alert our membership of the two-year initiative I set out for the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) at the national meeting last week. As President of AACI for the next two years, I asked all the cancer centers to participate in a review of practices and approaches to...

This past week attended the national meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) in Chicago. It was an excellent meeting of cancer center directors and administrators that included discussion of implementation of genomic tumor boards, use of molecular testing in clinical practic...

7 am Saturday morning saw the 100 and 200+ mile Velosano bikers head off with the cheers of friends and leaders - I saw Brian Bolwell safely behind the roadside barrier smiling, arms raised. The day was perfect for riders - cool, with a short thunderstorm on the way in and a relaxing scenic route t...

Many of us are concerned with improving the cost of care in the setting of major cancer care centers, such as those at Cleveland Clinic and Seidman Cancer Center and their network sites. A publication from members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) on the "Value Access Cost of Canc...

Please join us for an outstanding Cancer Center Annual Scientific Retreat, July 7-8, 2016. The organizing committee [Yogen Saunthararajah (Co-Chair), Nicole Steinmetz (Co-Chair), Eli Bar, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Barbara Bedogni, Chris Flask, Alex Huang, Ruth Keri, Goutham Narla, Nima Sharifi, Scott W...

In an effort to move to the next stage of genomic research big data, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has established a new genomic data commons: https://gds.nih.gov/. All investigators can access this site to query genomics data across large populations. This will take you beyond The Cancer Ge...

I continue to be in awe of the quality and range of outstanding cancer research coming out of labs across Cleveland from members of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. As we all witnessed at the recent AACR Meeting, our collective work garners considerable attention and recognition. I am delighted...

I just signed up for VeloSano Bike to Cure, marking the second year that the Case CCC will coordinate a team. I'm hoping you will join me. We had a great time last year, and this year should be even better, and our team even larger! I encourage you to take the time to sign up. Information about ou...

Here's your chance! The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently launched an online platform for people to submit research ideas for the Cancer Moonshot. Suggestions will be collected by the Blue Ribbon Panel and formulated into RFAs with short submission times. I will remind you that the Provocat...