All Posts: Lombardi Stories

• Georgetown Lombardi Men's Event Boasts Another Year of Success

  Over 200 men gathered for the 19th annual Men’s Event, a fundraising dinner to raise awareness and money for research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on cancers that affect men.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer research, Men's Event, philanthropy

• From Chapel to Coffeehouse

  The third annual Poetry Cafe, hosted by the Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program and Mission & Pastoral Care on June 7 in the chapel at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, provided the hospital community with the opportunity to collectively share their thoughts and experiences through poetry and more.

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• Exciting Research Finding Ushers in New Era in Breast Cancer Treatment

  Definitive results from a large international breast cancer study that included Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center show that a genetic test can help determine the course of a woman’s treatment and will ultimately spare many women with the most common subtype of breast cancer from receiving chemotherapy.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Inspiration and Celebration at the 13th-Annual Women & Wine

  The 13th-annual Women & Wine event, which took place on April 18, raised over 30,000 for the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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• Research in a Minute: Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD

  As associate director of clinical research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of medical oncology and pharmacology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, leads a team of researchers in studying thymic carcinoma, also known as cancer of the thymus.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tag: thymic cancer

• Frederick National Laboratory and Georgetown Launch Research and Education Collaboration

  A new collaboration between Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in Frederick, Maryland, aims to expand both institutions’ research and training missions in the biomedical sciences.

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• Sharing Innovation and Motivation at the Ruesch Center Symposium

  Nearly 300 medical professionals, patients, caregivers and advocates attended the 8th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium on December 1, listening to lectures on topics including precision medicine, immunotherapy, proton therapy and molecular imaging.

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• Addressing an ‘Aching Need to do Something’ About Pancreatic Cancer

  Jeanne Ruesch received the Margaret L. Hodges Leadership Award at the 31st annual Lombardi Gala on November 18 for her advocacy on behalf of research into pancreatic cancer and other cancers of the GI tract.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Lombardi Gala, pancreatic cancer, philanthropy

• MedStar Health Taps Louis M. Weiner, MD, to Lead MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute

  MedStar Health has named Louis M. Weiner, MD, as director of its MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute. Weiner will serve in this capacity while also remaining director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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• Some Cancer Therapies May Provide a New Way to Treat High Blood Pressure

  Drugs designed to halt cancer growth may offer a new way to control high blood pressure (hypertension), say Georgetown University Medical Center investigators. The finding could offer an advance in hypertension treatment.

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