All Posts: cancer
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GI Cancers Alliance Launches to Elevate Patients’ Voices Against Gastrointestinal Cancers
CHICAGO — Twenty cancer advocacy groups from around the United States announce the formation of the GI Cancers Alliance, committed to the fight against gastrointestinal cancers, which include many of the leading cancer killers. The groups’ leadership met June 4 during the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago to elect its chairs.
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Georgetown Professor: FDA Deeming Rule has “Good and Bad Aspects”
WASHINGTON — In a historic development to the long-awaited “deeming rule,” the FDA today has finalized its authority to regulate all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco.
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Top Cancer Leaders, Including Atkins, Brief Congress
April 25, 2016 — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Michael Atkins, MD, translated his vast knowledge of cancer immunology into a classroom-style lecture Monday as part of Congressional briefing.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Forget Fukushima: Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Georgetown University radiation expert and author Timothy Jorgensen, PhD, MPH, takes a look back at the tragic events of April 26, 1986 and how it impacts humans and the environment.
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Top Tobacco Control Experts To FDA: Studies of E-cigs Suggest More Benefit Than Harm
WASHINGTON — Seven top international tobacco control experts are prompting regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have a broad “open-minded” perspective when it comes to regulating vaporized nicotine products, especially e-cigarettes.
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Precision Medicine Clinical Trial for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Now Open at Georgetown Lombardi
WASHINGTON — The first clinical trial to compare standard of care chemotherapy with molecularly tailored therapy (also known as precision medicine) for metastatic pancreatic cancer is now enrolling patients at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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10-Minute Urine Test Can Measure Specific Compounds from Food Consumed
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC, have developed a method that can quickly evaluate specific food compounds in human urine. They say their method could one day replace unreliable food logs used in population studies examining the effects of diet on cancer and will also help scientists accurately identify the most beneficial anticancer foods.
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What Scott Kelly’s Year in Space Might Mean for a Mars Mission
GUMC Update sat down with Albert J. Fornace, Jr., MD, who holds the molecular cancer research chair at Georgetown Lombardi, to discuss his work on cosmic radiation and potential health concerns for astronaut Scott Kelly, who returned from a year in space on March 2.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Georgetown Author Says Radiation Fears Will Be “Rearranged” With New Book, Strange Glow
WASHINGTON — It’s a common paradox. Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation from the device will cause a brain tumor, but will gladly have a whole body CT scan to check for diseases without any signs or symptoms of anything wrong? Why do others fear microwave ovens, but have no issue with the nearby nuclear power plant that provides electricity for their kitchens?
The answer is that most people do not understand radiation in a way that allows them to make an accurate assessment of its health risks, says a Georgetown’s Timothy J. Jorgensen.
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Graphic Cigarette Warnings Trigger Brain Areas Key to Quitting Smoking
WASHINGTON — Viewing graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs triggers activity in brain areas involved in emotion, decision-making and memory as observed via brain scans. Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center and Truth Initiative reported their findings online this week in Addictive Behaviors Reports.
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