All Posts: breast cancer research

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News Release

Preoperative Dual Immunotherapy Combination Shows Promising Activity in High-Risk Early-Stage HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

A combination of two immunotherapy drugs showed encouraging activity when added to standard chemotherapy given prior to surgery for patients with high-risk, early-stage HER2…

July 30, 2026

News Release

Study Reveals Why Breast Cancer Becomes More Deadly with Age

Researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a mechanism that may help explain a key reason why older people experience worse outcomes from…

May 15, 2026

GUMC Stories

Georgetown Honors Professor Whose Research in Breast Cancer Saved Lives

At its annual spring faculty convocation on April 8, Georgetown honored professor Marc Lippman, MD, with the President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers, which…

April 14, 2026