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Research, Care and Connection
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center delivers pioneering advances for Northeast Ohio and beyond
Illustration by Gordon Studer365bet体育在线世界杯 a barbershop on Cleveland's West Side, a man resolves to schedule the prostate-cancer screening he's been putting off.
In a treatment room at , a woman with lymphoma receives an infusion of cancer-fighting T cells.
And at Case Western Reserve University, the next generation of cancer physicians and researchers arrive in labs for the first time—as high schoolers.
It all results from the collaborative work of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a consortium of some 400 cancer researchers and healthcare professionals across CWRU, and .
As one of just 57 institutions nationwide to earn a coveted comprehensive cancer center designation from the , the center nurtures a fast lane from benchtop research to bedside care, giving patients access to cutting-edge care and clinical trials.
But the cancer center's mission goes further: Its members are working to help stop cancer before it starts, through research and public outreach.
And even as discoveries born in Cleveland can help patients nationally, the center stays rooted in the needs of Northeast Ohio. With so many facets, the cancer center has more stories than we could possibly share. Select from the headlines that follow to learn about just a few.