Preferred Label : Case Comprehensive Cancer Center;
NCIt synonyms : ICC; Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve
University; Case CCC; Ireland Cancer Center;
NCIt definition : The goal of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is to improve the prevention, diagnosis,
and therapy of cancer through discovery, evaluation, and dissemination; to stimulate
and support innovative, coordinated interdisciplinary clinical research on cancer
diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control; to develop clinical applications of
discovery and make these available to northern Ohio residents as quickly as possible
through the integrated efforts of the major health systems in the region; to develop
cancer prevention and control activities that build on the expertise of the Center
and result in a reduction of cancer morbidity and mortality in the northern Ohio region
and throughout the nation. The Center has partnerships with Case Western Reserve University,
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and MetroHealth Medical
Center; and became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1987.;
Origin ID : C39436;
UMLS CUI : C1517597;
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