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Statement from Louis Weiner, MD, on the Death of Stuart Scott
WASHINGTON — The Georgetown Lombardi family is saddened to learn today of Stuart Scott’s passing. This fall, we chose Stuart to receive our 2014 NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
WASHINGTON — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital hosts famed photographer and painter William Wegman.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
WASHINGTON — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts famed photographer William Wegman for the opening of his solo exhibition “William Wegman: Out of the Box.” The works feature 22 framed photographs featuring his most recognizable subject matter: Weimaraner dogs.
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FDA Approved Drug Extends Survival for Patients with Rare Cancer
WASHINGTON — Sunitinib, an agent approved for use in several cancers, provides unprecedented antitumor activity in thymic carcinoma, a rare but aggressive tumor of the thymus gland, according to a phase II clinical trial led by a researcher at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Orphan Receptor Proteins Deliver Two Knock-out Punches to Glioblastoma Cells
WASHINGTON — Two related proteins exert a lethal double whammy effect against glioblastoma cells when activated with a small molecule, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Two Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
WASHINGTON — Two Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have been named 2014 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): —Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, Oscar B. Hunter Chair of Pathology, and Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, chair of radiation medicine.
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Cancer Center Director Delivers Remarks at Cancer Briefing on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — Georgetown Lombard Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Louis M. Weiner, MD, participated in a Senate Cancer Coalition panel and briefing on Capitol Hill Dec. 10. Panel co-chairs Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Johnny Isakson hosted the event. The briefing was led by Harold Varmus, MD, director of the National Cancer Institute, and sponsored by One Voice Against Cancer Coalition.
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Time Chooses “The Ebola Fighters” As Its “Person of the Year;” GUMC honors Ebola caregiver Dr. Daniel Lucey
WASHINGTON — Time has selected the “The Ebola Fighters” as the 2014 Person of the Year. Georgetown University Medical Center applauds this selection and honors one of its own Ebola fighters, Daniel Lucey, MD, MPH.
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Novel fMRI Technique Identifies HIV-Associated Cognitive Decline Before Symptoms Occur
WASHINGTON — A five-minute functional MRI (fMRI) test can pick up neuronal dysfunction in HIV-positive individuals who don’t yet exhibit cognitive decline, say neuroscientists and clinicians at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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Common Chemotherapy Is Not Heart Toxic in Patients With BRCA1/2 Mutations
SAN ANTONIO — Use of anthracycline-based chemotherapy, a common treatment for breast cancer, has negligible cardiac toxicity in women whose tumors have BRCA1/2 mutations — despite preclinical evidence that such treatment can damage the heart.
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