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Monica Webb Hooper, director of the Office of Cancer Disparities Research at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center in the ���ϳԹ��� School of Medicine, will give a lecture titled “Cancer Disparities Among Women: The Role of Tobacco Use.” Hosted by the Flora Stone Mather Center ...

Results reported by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Neurosurgeon Andrew Sloan, MD & colleagues Andrew SloanA new paper in the October issue of the journal Neurosurgical Focus finds the use of laser beneficial for the removal of large, "inoperable" glioblastoma (GBM) and other types of...

Quick and automated count of tubules correlates with current best—but expensive— genomic test determining who needs chemotherapy and who doesn’t The number of tubules in tumors may predict which women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer will benefit from hormone therapy alone and whi...

Invited commentary by Drs. Paula Silverman and Cheryl Thompson A recent study by Jones et al. in The British Journal of Cancer (BJC)(Jones ME. Br J Cancer. 2016 Aug 23) estimated an almost 3 fold (2.74 times) increase risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women who used combination estrogen ...

15 gene mutations lead to higher recurrence and metastasis; genes may contribute to lower survival rates seen in African-Americans Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, a research collaboration which includes University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and ���ϳԹ���, wh...

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identify several structurally abnormal genes in esophageal adenocarcinoma in first ever genome-wide search Despite years of research, cellular mechanisms contributing to cancers like esophageal adenocarcinoma have remained elusive. What has puzzled resea...

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...

When Monica Webb Hooper saw a Facebook post about an opening to establish and direct the Office of Cancer Disparities Research at ���ϳԹ���, she knew it had her name written all over it. She didn’t know much about Cleveland, but when she came here from the University of Miami ...

Findings confirmed in patient biopsies and laboratory models A team of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers has uncovered one way certain tumors resist vital medication. In the study published in Oncotarget (Merry CR. Oncotarget. 2016 Jul 16), the researchers studied tumor biopsies collect...

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...