Media Contact:
Laura Cavender
Executive Director of Communications
Phone: 202-687-5100
Email: lsc6@georgetown.edu
Lombardi Press Releases:
Thursday, June 8, 2006 - Lombardi Research Leads to First Cancer Vaccine
Thursday, June 1, 2006 - New Understanding of Ewing's Sarcoma Suggests Novel Treatment Strategy
Thursday, May 18, 2006 - Georgetown Physician Appointed US Director of International Cancer Network
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 - Drug Discovery Expert Joins Georgetown and Lombardi
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - Lombardi Researchers and Physicians Help Launch First-Ever District Cancer Control Plan
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - Amey Distinguished Professorship Established for Neuro-Oncology and Childhood Cancer Research
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - Soy Foods Associated with Small Reduction in Risk of Breast Cancer
Friday, March 17, 2006 - Researchers Reveal Possibility of Separating Anticancer Properties of Vitamin D
Friday, March 10, 2006 - CyberKnife Zaps More Tumors in Hard to Reach Places as GUH Docs Pioneer New Techniques
Friday, February 24, 2006 - Is The Environment Causing Childhood Cancer In The Washington, DC Area?
Friday, February 17, 2006 - Liver Cancer New Target of Cyberknife Study
Thursday, February 9, 2006 - Research: Veggies May Protect Against Cancer
Thursday, January 26, 2006 - BRCA1 Gene Found to Inhibit Two Sex Hormones, Not Just One
Thursday, December 15, 2005 - Pillcam for the Esophagus: Is Your Heartburn Killing You?
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - Women and Elderly Should Also Receive Chemotherapy for Advanced Colon Cancer
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - National Fundraising Tour Stops at Georgetown to Capture Handprints of Local Children With Cancer
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 'Reaching Out to Those In Need'
Monday, October 17, 2005 - Olympic Gold Medalists Peggy Fleming and Dan Jansen to be Honored at 20th Anniversary Lombardi Gala
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Health Partner with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope for Baltimore to Washington, DC, Fundraising Ride
Friday, September 23, 2005 - Lombardi Director Receives International Award for Research Achievements
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - Dickson Receives Professorship in Breast Cancer Research
Monday, August 1, 2005 - Researchers Find BRCA1 Tumor Suppression Nullified by Cyclin D1
Friday, July 1, 2005 - Georgetown nets Gates Award to help design cheap, effective HPV vaccine
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - Georgetown Cancer Researchers Develop High Throughput Method to Analyze Large Numbers of Tumors
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - Lombardi Receives $10 Million Bequest
Thursday, April 14, 2005 - Researchers Find That Chocolate Compound Stops Cancer Cell Cycle in Lab Experiments
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
Thursday, April 7, 2005 - Earlier Lung Cancer Detection Now Possible
Thursday, March 31, 2005 - Georgetown University's Capital Breast Cancer Center Treats More than 600 Underserved Women in First Year of Operation
Thursday, February 3, 2005 - Researchers Find that Stat5 Protein Inhibits Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - NASCAR Legend Richard Petty and WUSA-TV Anchor Andrea Roane to be Honored at the 19th Annual Lombardi Gala
Monday, August 2, 2004 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
Thursday, July 22, 2004 - False Positive Cancer Results Affect Patients' Trial Adherence, Increase Short-term Cancer- Related Anxiety
Thursday, July 15, 2004 - Georgetown University Oncologists Establish Relationship Between Presence of a Key Protein and the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer
Thursday, June 10, 2004 - Researchers Develop Better Understanding of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Patients
Friday, May 28, 2004 - Clue Found on Breast Tumors Distinguishes Patients with Better Survival Odds: Development Could Eventually Spare Women from More Toxic Treatments
Friday, April 16, 2004 - Southeast Washington Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - Breast Cancer Patients Who Test Positive For BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations Twice As Likely To Choose Mastectomy
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - Lombardi Cancer Center Receives Additional $500,000 from Avon Foundation to Extend Services of Capital Breast Care Center in Southeast Washington
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - Laura Bush Visits New Capital Breast Care Center in Southeast Washington
Monday, March 8, 2004 - MEDIA ADVISORY: First Lady Laura Bush to Visit New ‘Capital Breast Care Center’ in Southeast Washington
Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - New Guidelines on Unrelated Marrow Transplants: A Roadmap For Physicians
Monday, October 20, 2003 - New Research Links Lung Cancer Screening to Accelerated Rates of Smoking Cessation
Monday, September 15, 2003 - Diabetes Drug May Be New Tool in Treating Breast Cancer
Monday, September 8, 2003 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Granted Comprehensive Status Renewal from National Cancer Institute
Friday, August 1, 2003 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Forges Collaboration with Prominent International Cancer Organization
Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - Cheson Named Chairman of National Cancer Institute's Cancer and Leukemia Group B Lymphoma Committee
Sunday, July 13, 2003 - Cadmium Exposure and Risk of Breast Cancer: Is There a Relationship?
Monday, July 7, 2003 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives $7 Million to Clarify Relationship Between Drinking and Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Sunday, June 1, 2003 - POX-BASED TRICOM CANCER VACCINE PROVEN SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN PHASE ONE CLINICAL TESTING
Monday, May 19, 2003 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Selected as the Sole Clinical Trial Site for Experimental Synthetic DNA Treatment
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - Researchers Discover Effective Method For Killing Prostate Cancer Cells
Monday, March 17, 2003 - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Appoints New Associate Director for Administration
Monday, March 17, 2003 - Georgetown University Medical Center to Test Personalized Vaccine for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Friday, March 7, 2003 - New Study Offers Clues to How Breast Cancer Spreads
Friday, February 28, 2003 - RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY A GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREAD OF CANCER IN THE BODY
Friday, January 24, 2003 - NEW FIRST STEP ALONG POSSIBLE NEW AVENUE OF CANCER RESEARCH REPORTED
