All Posts: Georgetown Lombardi

• An Overlooked Hormone Eyed as Deadly Driver of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in Women with Obesity

  A new analysis of research into the most common type of breast cancer has zeroed in on an overlooked hormone that may be responsible for the increased risk of breast cancer death in postmenopausal women with obesity. It also raises the possibility that treatment of these aggressive breast cancers could be improved with the addition of weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists.

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, GLP-1 receptor agonists, obesity, obesity and cancer, research

• School of Health Student Presents Foundational Cancer Research at International Conference

  School of Health student Keerthana Ramanathan (H’26) presented her team’s foundational cancer research at the 37th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVS) in Bangkok, Thailand, in October. The IPVS is the primary international research conference for human papillomavirus (HPV).

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, HPV, research, School of Health, student research

• Fauci Reflects on Cura Personalis in Patient Care and Public Service at Kovach Lecture

  This year’s Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture featured Anthony Fauci, MD (HON’90) in conversation with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell (C’95, SCS’03, HON’24).

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cura personalis, Georgetown Lombardi, Kovach Lecture, philanthropy

• Lombardi Women Celebrate Advances in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

  At the 19th annual Lombardi Women event, more than 460 attendees gathered to celebrate the doctors, nurses, researchers, patients, survivors and supporters engaged in the fight against breast cancer and show their support for Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in Washington, D.C.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown Lombardi, Lombardi Women, philanthropy

• Ralph Lauren Center Pastoral Initiative Collaborates with Local Churches to Offer Cancer Education and Screening

  Community outreach and engagement is a priority for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and as its pastoral initiative coordinator, Mireille Bright, PhD, MPH, connects with the leaders of local churches to offer cancer prevention education, screening and navigation services.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer prevention, community engagement, community health, community outreach, Georgetown Lombardi, pastoral initiative, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Clinical Study Deepens Understanding of Mesothelioma and Opens the Door to Potential Treatment Options

  People with operable diffuse pleural mesothelioma may benefit from immunotherapy before and after surgery, based on results of a clinical trial exploring the sequence of treatment and the role of surgery for this difficult to treat cancer.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, clinical trials, Georgetown Lombardi, immunotherapy, mesothelioma, research

• Toretsky Named Inaugural Hyundai Hope on Wheels Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology

  In honor of his dedication to pediatric cancer research, Jeffrey A. Toretsky, MD, professor of oncology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, was formally named the inaugural holder of the Hyundai Hope on Wheels Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology during an investiture celebration at Riggs Library.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer research, endowed professorships, faculty honors, Georgetown Lombardi, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, pediatric oncology, philanthropy, School of Medicine

• Meet the 2025 BellRinger Fellows

  Meet this year’s BellRinger Fellows, who worked alongside investigators at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, gaining valuable experience and insight into how cancer research is conducted.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: BellRinger, BellRinger Fellows, Georgetown Lombardi, medical education, research, School of Medicine, student experience, student research

• Celebrating a Milestone in Cancer Research

  This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of a paper by now-Georgetown Lombardi member Marc E. Lippman, MD, MACP, FRCP, and his colleague Gail Bolan, MD, that showed for the first time that the hormone estrogen can drive the growth of breast cancer. It was a pivotal moment in cancer research that has led to life-extending and lifesaving treatments for the thousands of people who develop breast cancer each year.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, estrogen and breast cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Marc Lippman, research

• Georgetown Faculty Share Research and Explore Collaborations on Global Cervical Cancer

  In June 2025, the Global Cancer Collaborative, a joint initiative between the Georgetown University Global Health Institute and Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, hosted a seminar on cervical cancer. Three presenters from Georgetown detailed their current work, and attendees from across the university were invited to discuss new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cervical cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, Global Cancer Collaborative, global health, global oncology, research