All Posts: pancreatic cancer

• 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

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

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

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

• 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