Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) is an NCI-designated Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio, affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. [1] It was founded in 1987. [2]

CCCC employs over 370 faculty members. [3] It is a collaborative organization with the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center. [2]

Case is organized into six research programs receiving NIH funding. In total, the center has received over $130 million in research funding. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "NCI Designation - Case Comprehensive Cancer Center - Case Western Reserve University". cancer.case.edu.
  2. 1 2 "Case Comprehensive Cancer Center elected to national cancer network membership".
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "National Cancer Institute awards $6 million to Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, CWRU". Crain's Cleveland Business. June 1, 2017.
  5. "Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute". www.jnccn.org. Archived from the original on July 26, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

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