All Posts: cancer
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Georgetown Data Scientist Comments on Biden's Announcement on Open Genomics Database
CHICAGO -- Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly announce the launch of a cancer database with genomic data and other patient information called “Genomic Data Commons&…
June 10, 2016
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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…
June 10, 2016
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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,…
May 6, 2016
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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…
April 26, 2016
- GUMC Stories
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…
April 25, 2016
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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&…
April 24, 2016
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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…
April 10, 2016
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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…
March 16, 2016
- GUMC Stories
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…
March 4, 2016
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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…
March 4, 2016