All Posts: Georgetown Lombardi

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How a Comprehensive Cancer Center Makes a Difference in Patient Care

(April 26, 2019) — After being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2009, Geoff Grubbs’ search for an expert led him to medical oncologist Bruce Cheson, MD,…

April 26, 2019

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Washington Women Raise $735K for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi

April 26, 2019

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Continence Confidence: Prostatectomy Patients Reporting ‘Startling’ Success After Robotic Retzius-Sparing Surgery

April 17, 2019

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Georgetown Lombardi Team Takes on 50-Hour Challenge to Win Hyundai Research Funding — and a Car!

April 7, 2019

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Georgetown Lombardi Director Louis Weiner Receives AACR 2019 Distinguished Public Service Award

March 31, 2019

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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,…

March 26, 2019

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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…

March 18, 2019

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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…

March 7, 2019

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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’

February 26, 2019

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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 —…

February 8, 2019