All Posts: cancer

• A Sabbatical … Just What the Doctor Ordered

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Ruesch Center

• Significant ‘Knowledge Gap’ Exists in Use of Genetic Testing to Decide Cancer Treatment

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, genetic testing

• Patient Groups Untested in Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Found to Also Benefit

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, immunotherapy

• Georgetown University’s Cancer Center Receives Coveted ‘Comprehensive Cancer Center’ Status from the National Cancer Institute

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi

• How a Comprehensive Cancer Center Makes a Difference in Patient Care

  (April 26, 2019) — After being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2009, Geoff Grubbs’ search for an expert led him to medical oncologist Bruce Cheson, MD, head of hematology and director of hematology research at Georgetown Lombardi. That connection became indispensable years later when Grubbs developed an extremely rare complication from the disease. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, leukemia

• Washington Women Raise $735K for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Women & Wine

• Genetic Testing in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Decreases Cost of Care Nationwide

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, tumor genetics

• Continence Confidence: Prostatectomy Patients Reporting ‘Startling’ Success After Robotic Retzius-Sparing Surgery

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

• Rare but Important Gene Target Found in Many Tumor Types, Suggesting New Therapy Possible

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, lung cancer

• Georgetown Lombardi Team Takes on 50-Hour Challenge to Win Hyundai Research Funding — and a Car!

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi