All Posts: cancer
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Young Adults Still Love To Tan. These Tactics Could Get Gen Z To Be Safer in the Sun, Research Finds
Tanning is popular among Gen Z, despite the skin cancer risks. Cancer prevention researcher Kenneth Tercyak, PhD, shares strategies to get young adults to listen to advice on…
August 3, 2026
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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
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Despite Medicare Coverage, Many Cancer Patients Still Do Not Receive Testing That Guides Treatment Options
While there has been a recent increase among Medicare recipients in genomic testing that helps match cancer patients to the most effective treatment for their tumor, many…
July 29, 2026
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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
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Study Finds Teen Perceptions of Sun Protection and Tanning Shape Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors
A new study from Georgetown Lombardi researchers finds that how high school students perceive the costs of sun protection and the rewards of tanning play a significant role in…
April 21, 2026
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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
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Dual Role of a Protein in Driving Bone Cancer in Children Discovered
Scientists at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new dual function for a well-known cancer-related protein called ezrin. This finding…
March 17, 2026
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Reversing Immune Suppression in Pancreatic Cancer Could Lead to Novel Therapies
Georgetown Lombardi researchers discovered that when pancreatic cancer cells send out tiny particles that are packed with certain microRNA molecules, nearby immune cells called…
January 20, 2026
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Beyond the Clinic: Georgetown Medical Student Trades Scrubs For Suit in Medical-Legal Partnership
Medical student Scott Nichols gained a deep understanding of the intersection of law and medicine in the Cancer Legal Assistance and Wellbeing (LAW) Project, which assigns fourth…
January 16, 2026
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New Understanding of How to Harness the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi have identified a new way to reprogram T cells so that they have a superior memory, thereby making them more effective in killing cancer cells.…
January 14, 2026