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Lombardi Gala Brings Together Friends, Supporters

Continuing a tradition spanning nearly four decades, more than 450 friends and supporters of Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center gathered for an evening…

March 19, 2025

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Georgetown Secures Highest Research Classification for the 30th Year

Georgetown has received the highest classification for its research and training, earning the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s designation as an “R1”…

February 13, 2025

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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…

January 14, 2025

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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.…

November 1, 2024

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For This Medical Student, Her Cancer Research Is for Her Little Sister

Ritu Amarnani (M’27), a second-year medical student, spent this summer researching cancer care at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She turned her career focus…

August 22, 2024

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Could a Georgetown Lab Finding Lead to New Treatment in Pancreatic Cancer?

For the first time, new research by Georgetown scientists shows potential to make immunotherapy effective in pancreatic cancer by combining it with a drug that makes cancer cells…

February 2, 2024

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Understanding Immunotherapy Resistance Leads to New Therapeutic Strategies — and Hope

Samir Khleif, MD, an immunologist and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi, is working to understand why some cancers become resistant to immunotherapy, and how that…

January 18, 2024

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Ruesch Center Symposium Focuses on Early-Onset GI Cancer

With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates,…

November 22, 2023

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Lombardi Women Event Rallies Support for Breast Cancer Research

The 17th Annual Lombardi Women event brought together nearly 400 of the Washington area’s most influential women in support of Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive…

October 19, 2023

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Biology Behind New Drug Used to Treat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Uncovered

How TTP488 (azeliragon), an experimental drug, impairs aggressive, triple-negative breast cancer from metastasizing has been uncovered at the cellular level, according to…

July 17, 2023