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Experimental Therapy Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial
Clinicians at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center reported promising preliminary findings based on outcomes in the first six patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial of the experimental drug BXCL701 in combination with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda). Immunotherapy drugs alone have not shown to be responsive to pancreatic cancer.
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Cognitive Declines Preceding Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Lead to Credit Card, Mortgage Delinquency
In the years prior to an Alzheimer’s disease or other memory disorder diagnosis, credit scores begin to weaken and payment delinquency begins to increase, concludes new research led by Georgetown University. The findings show consistent deterioration in these financial outcomes over the quarters leading up to diagnosis and that credit card and mortgage delinquencies, specifically, both increase substantially prior to diagnosis.
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Structural Inequities Amplify Homelessness Challenges for Pregnant People in Washington, DC
New research conducted with Washington, DC, residents who experienced homelessness during pregnancy sheds light on the intersection of homelessness, pregnancy and racial inequities. The findings underscore the urgent need for policy and practice changes to support vulnerable populations.
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Georgetown’s Cancer Center Awarded Top Designation by Federal Government
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded its most prestigious designation — “comprehensive cancer center” status — to Georgetown University‘s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in recognition of its high-impact research, community outreach and cancer care. Georgetown Lombardi is the only such center in the Washington area.
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New Study: Analysis Supports New Recommendation to Begin Mammogram Screening at 40
Georgetown Lombardi’s Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, and Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD, of University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, were lead authors of a study informing the updated final recommendation of the United States Preventive Services Task Force regarding breast cancer screening, released April 30
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The Aspirin Conundrum: Navigating Negative Results, Age, Aging Dynamics and Equity
A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention trials, say researchers from Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. They outline their concerns in an editorial accompanying the study’s findings published April 29 in the JAMA.
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Perinatal Transmission of HIV Can Lead to Cognitive Deficits
Perinatal transmission of HIV to newborns is associated with serious cognitive deficits as children grow older, according to a detailed analysis of 35 studies conducted by Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. The finding helps pinpoint the geographic regions and factors that may be important for brain development outcomes related to perinatal HIV infection: mother-to-child HIV transmission during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding.
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A Third of Women Experience Migraines Associated with Menstruation, Most Commonly When Premenopausal
A third of the nearly 20 million women who participated in a national health survey reported migraines during menstruation, and of them, 11.8 million, or 52.5%, were premenopausal. The analysis was conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and Pfizer, Inc., which makes a migraine medication.
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Antibiotics Aren’t Effective for Most Lower Tract Respiratory Infections
Use of antibiotics provided no measurable impact on the severity or duration of coughs, even if a bacterial infection was present, finds a large prospective study of people who sought treatment in U.S. primary or urgent care settings for lower-respiratory tract infections.
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New Book Helps Citizen Scientists Navigate Complexities of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to an explosion of novice infectious disease detectives adding to the collection of science-enthusiasts. To give these new disease detectives more tools for their craft, a new book written by two Georgetown University global health researchers, “Outbreak Atlas,” helps translate the complex interconnectedness of outbreak responses used by professionals across different fields.
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