All Posts: gastrointestinal cancer

• Ruesch Center Symposium Focuses on Early-Onset GI Cancer

  With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates, patients and caregivers November 16-18 to honor those dedicated to curing GI cancers, discuss the experiences of patients and caregivers, and share the latest research in the field.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, colon cancer, colon cancer in young people, gastrointestinal cancer, Ruesch Center, Ruesch Center Symposium

• Types of Bacteria Vary Widely in Tumors of People with Early vs. Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer

  Researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center studied the microbiome of people with colorectal cancer and found the makeup of the bacteria, fungi and viruses in a person’s tumor varied significantly depending on whether they were diagnosed with early onset disease (age 45 or younger) or late-onset disease (age 65 or older). These results may help answer the riddle of why more young people are developing colorectal cancer, particularly those who have no known identifiable risk factors for the disease.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, colon cancer in young people, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, gut health, gut microbiome, research

• Ruesch Symposium Participants Encourage Patients to Consider Clinical Trials

  Held by the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Ruesch Symposium brings together researchers, clinicians, patients, caregivers, policymakers and advocates for networking and discussion on the latest developments in GI cancer research and treatment.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: clinical trials, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, pancreatic cancer, patient care, research, Ruesch Center, Ruesch Center Symposium

• Georgetown Lombardi Oncologists Encourage Patients to Keep Up with Cancer Screenings

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer screening, mammography

• Gut Bacteria May Be One Culprit for Increase of Colorectal Cancer in Younger People

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

• Scientific Presentations at 2019 Ruesch Symposium Inspire

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

• Katie Couric is the Inaugural Speaker at Georgetown’s Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture

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

• Georgetown’s Ruesch Center Offers Summer Interns an In-Depth Look at GI Oncology

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

• A Sabbatical … Just What the Doctor Ordered

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

• 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 […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, Georgetown Lombardi