All Posts: cancer

• Clinical Study Deepens Understanding of Mesothelioma and Opens the Door to Potential Treatment Options

  People with operable diffuse pleural mesothelioma may benefit from immunotherapy before and after surgery, based on results of a clinical trial exploring the sequence of treatment and the role of surgery for this difficult to treat cancer.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, immunotherapy, mesothelioma, research

• Rate of Rare Liver Cancer High Among Russian Nuclear Workers, Particularly Women, Study Finds

  A new study of Russian nuclear workers, one of only a few to examine liver cancer in people exposed to radiation in a chronic, low-dose occupational setting, finds higher rates of bile duct cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma among the workers, as well as unusually high rates in women of angiosarcoma of the liver, a form of cancer that is extremely rare.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, global oncology, Mayak Nuclear Workers, occupational radiation exposure, radiation, radiation exposure

• Celebrating a Milestone in Cancer Research

  This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of a paper by now-Georgetown Lombardi member Marc E. Lippman, MD, MACP, FRCP, and his colleague Gail Bolan, MD, that showed for the first time that the hormone estrogen can drive the growth of breast cancer. It was a pivotal moment in cancer research that has led to life-extending and lifesaving treatments for the thousands of people who develop breast cancer each year.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, estrogen and breast cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Marc Lippman, research

• Georgetown Faculty Share Research and Explore Collaborations on Global Cervical Cancer

  In June 2025, the Global Cancer Collaborative, a joint initiative between the Georgetown University Global Health Institute and Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, hosted a seminar on cervical cancer. Three presenters from Georgetown detailed their current work, and attendees from across the university were invited to discuss new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cervical cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Global Cancer Collaborative, global health, global oncology, research

• Gift Strengthens Support for Parents with Cancer and Their Families

  Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center announces the establishment of a new initiative designed to provide information and support services to parents with cancer. Thanks to a substantial gift from Elizabeth’s Smile, a cancer support organization co-founded by Nancy Hungerford, Georgetown Lombardi will develop an Interventions for Managing Parenting and Cancer Team (IMPACT) and a signature program called Family Circle by Elizabeth’s Smile.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy

• With a New ‘Map’ of Cells, Georgetown Cancer Researchers Chart a Course to More Effective Treatment

  Faculty and students from Biomedical Graduate Education programs, the School of Medicine and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are developing a new technique that could revolutionize the way cancers are tracked and treated. Instead of invasive surgical biopsies or time-consuming scans, clinicians could use simple blood tests to determine where the cancer is and whether it is responding to treatment.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Biomedical Graduate Education, cancer, cancer research, cancer screening, Georgetown Lombardi, liquid biopsy, MD/PhD Program, research

• Tumor Biology Student Sidharth Jain Combines Discovery and Care on MD/PhD Path

  As an MD/PhD in Tumor Biology student, Sidharth Jain works between two worlds of health science. On the PhD side, lab research, data analysis and discovery; on the MD side, patients fighting for their lives.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical education, Biomedical Graduate Education, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, MD/PhD Program, research, Tumor Biology Program

• Investigational Drug Shows Promise in a Clinical Trial for Lung Cancers With ALK Mutations

  Early signals from phase 1 of the ALKOVE-1 clinical trial suggest potential benefit from the use of an investigational drug called NVL-655 in people whose non-small cell lung cancer has alterations in a gene called ALK.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, clinical trials, gene sequencing, Georgetown Lombardi, non-small cell lung cancer, research

• Months After Chemotherapy, MD/PhD Student Bikes 50 Miles for Cancer Research

  A year and a half into medical school at Georgetown, Bryan Weselman was diagnosed with cancer. Now, he’s researching cancer to improve treatment for other patients.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BellRinger, cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, philanthropy

• ISPY2: A Unique, Flexible Breast Cancer Trial for Modern Times

  The ISPY2 breast cancer clinical trial is a unique phase 2 study that offers a broad range of treatment options for patients with locally advanced breast cancer.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, research, triple-negative breast cancer