All Posts: immunotherapy

• Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy: Tomorrow's Cancer Treatments Today at Georgetown Lombardi

  Diane Lucey’s unusual cancer stumped her doctors. But after ordering a profile of her tumor, medical oncologist Louis Weiner knew exactly how to proceed.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, immunotherapy, precision medicine

• Georgetown Seeks Volunteers for New Immunotherapy Clinical Trial for Alzheimer’s

  WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University is seeking volunteers to participate in an international clinical trial of a drug that, in an early phase study, has demonstrated promise in slowing mental decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Georgetown is the only institution in the greater Washington, DC, area offering access to the phase 3 study of the investigational immunotherapy drug aducanumab.

  Category: News Release Tags: Alzheimer's disease, clinical trials, immunotherapy

• As Medicine Gets More Precise, Complexities Mount

  Doctors Speak Out (December 06, 2013) — Once regarded as the “medicine of science fiction,” the idea of being able to personalize health care based on a person’s individual characteristics is now

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Georgetown method, ICBI, immunotherapy, precision medicine