All Posts: pancreatic cancer

• Experimental Therapy Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial

  Clinicians at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center reported promising preliminary findings based on outcomes in the first six patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial of the experimental drug BXCL701 in combination with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda). Immunotherapy drugs alone have not shown to be responsive to pancreatic cancer.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, clinical trials, pancreatic cancer, research, translational research

• Could a Georgetown Lab Finding Lead to New Treatment in Pancreatic Cancer?

  For the first time, new research by Georgetown scientists shows potential to make immunotherapy effective in pancreatic cancer by combining it with a drug that makes cancer cells more responsive to immunotherapy.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, immunotherapy, pancreatic cancer, 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

• Experimental Drug Boosts Immunotherapy Effectiveness in Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, immunotherapy, pancreatic cancer

• Mechanism for How Pancreatic Cancer Evades Immunotherapy Elucidated

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

• Disrupting the Cellular Process That Promotes Pancreatic Cancer’s Deadly Growth

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• Revealing the Molecular Engine That Drives Pancreatic Cancer Provides Ways to Turn It Off

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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 October 2018, almost two years to the day of his mother’s death, Skipper was diagnosed with the same disease. “It was just a massive blow,” says Lee […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, pancreatic cancer