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The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
A partnership organization supporting all cancer-related research efforts at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and the Cleveland Clinic.
A Comprehensive Cancer Center Designated by the National Cancer Institute
One of 41 nationwide.
The only one in Northeast Ohio.
Lung Cancer Screening and Chemoprevention
Friday, May 18, 2012
12 pm BRB 105
Declared by the United States Congress in 2007 and 2011 in recognition of high quality, innovative cancer research.
Because cancer touches everyone.
Wanted: Candidates with strong quantitative skills and an interest in a career in genetics research.
This postdoctoral program offers transdisciplinary area of training at the intersection of cancer research, genetics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and computer science.
Latest News
Breakthrough Discovery Unveils "Master Switches" in Colon Cancer
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new mechanism by which colon cancer develops. By focusing on segments of DNA located between genes, or so-called "junk DNA," the team has discovered a set of master switches, i.e., gene enhancer elements, that turn "on and off" key genes whose altered expression is defining for colon cancers. They have coined the term Variant Enhancer Loci or "VELs," to describe these master switches. [more]
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Events
Cancer Center Seminar Series: Lung Cancer Screening and Chemoprevention
Friday, May 18, 2012
12 pm BRB 105
Mary E. Reid, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology
Director of Collaborative Research
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Topic: Lung Cancer Screening and Chemoprevention