All Posts: cancer
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Rare but Important Gene Target Found in Many Tumor Types, Suggesting New Therapy Possible
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Georgetown Lombardi Team Takes on 50-Hour Challenge to Win Hyundai Research Funding — and a Car!
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Georgetown Lombardi Director Louis Weiner Receives AACR 2019 Distinguished Public Service Award
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Going with Your Gut: Exploring the Microbiota’s Role in Colorectal Cancer Among the Young
(March 26, 2019) — When figures released by the American Cancer Society in 2017 showed a rise in colorectal cancer cases and deaths among young people, Benjamin Weinberg, MD, was alarmed, but not surprised. The young medical oncologist at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is accustomed to treating men and women in their 60s and […]
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Georgetown-Led Study Leads to First FDA-Approved Drug in Decades to Improve Survival in Small Cell Lung Cancer
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 18, 2019) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval today of atezolizumab (Tecentriq®, Genentech) in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide) for the initial treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) marks the end of numerous failed attempts to improve survival for those with the deadly disease. “Atezolizumab, […]
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Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Why One Patient Chooses to Confront Cancer at Georgetown Lombardi
(March 7, 2019) — While living in Chattanooga, Tenn., Adam Skipper was one of the primary caregivers for his 69-year-old mother before pancreatic cancer took her life. In October 2018, almost two years to the day of his mother’s death, Skipper was diagnosed with the same disease. “It was just a massive blow,” says Lee […]
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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’
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Genetic Testing of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Could Be ‘Impactful’
(March 3, 2019) — All women diagnosed with breast cancer should be offered genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk, according to new guidelines published on February 14, 2019, by the American Society of Breast Surgeons. These new guidelines are broader than the widely used current practice guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, which recommend […]
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Large Study Reveals Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with High Dose, Short Term Radiation
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (February 8, 2019) — A large national study examining a radiation treatment for prostate cancer — popular because it delivers a high dose of therapy in a very short time frame — supports its routine use. The study, conducted at cancer centers around the country including at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, looks at long-term […]
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Jill Biden Joins Washington Area Anchorwomen to Raise Funds for Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center
(February 8, 2019) — On a rainy Wednesday night, a sea of pink descended upon D.C.’s wharf for the annual 2019 NewsBash event. The breast cancer charity founded by Washington-area women in broadcasting, held its tenth annual fundraising event February 6, and organizers say it was their most successful yet. Former second lady of the United […]
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