All Posts: cancer research

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Ruesch Center and OncLive Recognize Former VP Biden at the Luminary Awards

(December 9, 2018) — Former Vice President Joe Biden was among those who were recognized for improving the lives of patients with gastrointestinal cancer at the Second…

December 9, 2018

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Lynce Receives Potter Award for Early Career Research

(November 21, 2018) — In the ten years since coming to the U.S. from Portugal to complete her medical training, Filipa Lynce, MD, has conducted clinical trials to…

November 21, 2018

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Lombardi Gala Celebrates Its Founder’s Legacy

(November 20, 2018) — Each year, when the Margaret Hodges Leadership Award is bestowed on an individual who has demonstrated exceptional dedication to Georgetown Lombardi…

November 20, 2018

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Defining Financial Toxicity in the Context of Health Care

Reginald Tucker-Seeley, ScD, of the University of Southern California’s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, shared insights about his research on the conceptual and…

November 2, 2018

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Nobel Prize-winning Science is Key to New Treatments for Cancer

The science that earned two researchers the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2018 — the discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation &…

October 1, 2018

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Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates Make Their Case in Cancer Research Journal

A group of breast cancer advocates at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center says they’ve created a model for developing productive, successful and sustainable…

August 15, 2018

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Toretsky Looks to 'Outsmart Cancer Cells' with Help From Hyundai Hope on Wheels Award

Childhood cancer survivors, Georgetown Lombardi oncologists and representatives from Hyundai Motor America all gathered on a sunny day outside of the Medical-Dental Building to…

July 13, 2018

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Georgetown Lombardi Men's Event Boasts Another Year of Success

Over 200 men gathered for the 19th annual Men’s Event, a fundraising dinner to raise awareness and money for research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on…

June 22, 2018

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Supporting St. Baldrick’s with Superheroes, Sumo Wrestling and More

With live music, a silent auction, pie- and donut-eating contests, sumo wrestling, superheroes, speeches, head shaving and more, the 2018 St. Baldrick’s fundraiser,…

April 16, 2018

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Research in a Minute: Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD

As associate director of clinical research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of medical oncology and pharmacology at Georgetown University School…

March 29, 2018