All Posts: Lombardi Stories
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When Enough is Enough! Smoking Cessation at Georgetown Lombardi
Two programs offered through Georgetown Lombardi and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital offer options to help smokers understand their risk for lung cancer and quit smoking, both before and after they’ve received a cancer diagnosis.
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Riegel Named Leader of Biomedical Graduate Education
Research oncologist Anna Tate Riegel, PhD, has been named senior associate dean of the university’s Biomedical Graduate Education program, home to a robust variety of PhD, master’s and certificate programs.
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Friends of Lombardi Engaging Next Generation Leaders in Fight Against Cancer
For more than two decades, Friends of Lombardi, a group for young professionals, has worked to raise money and awareness for research at Georgetown Lombardi.
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The Arts Through the Lens of Health Care at Georgetown Lombardi
For three decades, the Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program has been helping patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital navigate the difficulties of their illnesses by embracing the arts.
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Katie Couric is the Inaugural Speaker at Georgetown's Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture
On Aug. 7, Georgetown Lombardi welcomed Katie Couric, an award-winning journalist and the co-founder of cancer advocacy nonprofit Stand Up To Cancer, for the inaugural Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture.
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The Right Place, the Right Time, the Right People, Thanks to Cancer Center Collaboration
A clinical trial offered jointly at Georgetown Lombardi and John Theurer Cancer Center demonstrates the many benefits of collaboration, including an opportunity for patient Salih Williams to participate.
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Georgetown Lombardi Trainees Grateful to Director for His Commitment to Their Success
Georgetown Lombardi Director Dr. Louis M. Weiner’s commitment to his lab’s trainees represents how the cancer center’s larger mission of preventing, treating and curing cancers for its constituent populations must take place in parallel with training and education.
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Can Green Tea Prevent Liver Cancer?
Georgetown University basic science researcher and oncology professor Fung Lung Chung, PhD, and Associate Professor of Oncology Aiwu Ruth He, MD, PhD, are testing the power of an extract found in green tea to prevent cancer in cirrhotic livers.
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Ruesch Center Offers Summer Interns an In-Depth Look at GI Oncology
The summer internship program at Georgetown’s Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers provides 12 students from schools across the country the opportunity to learn about all aspects of GI oncology.
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Over 200 Strong and $2.5 Million Later, Men’s Event Marks 20 Years Fighting Cancer
This year’s Men’s Event raised more than $200,000 to support research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Center on the most prevalent types of men’s cancers.
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