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Toretsky Looks to 'Outsmart Cancer Cells' with Help From Hyundai Hope on Wheels Award

Childhood cancer survivors, Georgetown Lombardi oncologists and representatives from Hyundai Motor America all gathered on a sunny day outside of the Medical-Dental Building to…

July 13, 2018

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Georgetown Lombardi Men's Event Boasts Another Year of Success

Over 200 men gathered for the 19th annual Men’s Event, a fundraising dinner to raise awareness and money for research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on…

June 22, 2018

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For Some Bladder Cancer Patients, Simple Test Could Reduce Overtreatment, Ease High Cost

A team of scientists led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers has published a study validating that a new test could be key to reducing the cost of…

June 21, 2018

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Acclaimed Breast Oncologist/Researcher Returns to Georgetown’s Cancer Center

Physician-scientist Marc E. Lippman, MD, MACP, FRCP, rejoins Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center as a member of the breast cancer program and will also be a professor…

June 18, 2018

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31st Annual Lombardi Gala Raises $1.4 Million

Close to 700 Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center supporters turned out for the 31st annual Lombardi Gala in Washington on November 18 as the cancer center honored a…

November 21, 2017

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Precision Medicine Pioneer Pursues New Cancer Treatments

Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, recognizes the promise of precision medicine, but he feels it is important to understand its limitations as well as celebrating its future. …

January 6, 2016

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Finding Liver Cancer Early and Reversing Its Course

Liver cancer is often lethal in humans because it is diagnosed in late stages, but new work in animal models has identified a potential diagnostic biomarker of the disease and a…

April 21, 2015

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Lombardi Research Days Highlights Vibrancy of Student Projects

The Fifteenth Annual Lombardi Research Days took place on March 7 and 8, 2013 in the Research Building of Georgetown University Medical Center, where hopeful students gathered to…

February 19, 2014