All Posts: Lombardi Stories

• Georgetown Lombardi Leads The Way at AVON 39 Breast Cancer Walk

  About 100 members of the Georgetown Lombardi/Capital Breast Care Center team walked 39.3 miles through Washington, DC May 6-7 in AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, raising more than $260,000 for local, regional and national breast cancer organizations.

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

• Women and Wine Team Honors Georgetown Lombardi Research Champion

  Since receiving her diagnosis in July, Susan Miller hasn’t let breast cancer keep her from smiling, and she didn’t let a recent hip replacement surgery keep her from attending Georgetown Lombardi’s Women and Wine fundraiser, where she was honored with the Lombardi Spirit of Life Award.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Lombardi Women, philanthropy

• The New Face of Colon Cancer

  While rates of colon cancer are declining overall, more young adults are being diagnosed with the disease – a troubling trend with no easy explanation.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: colon cancer, colon cancer in young people, gastrointestinal cancer

• Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy: Tomorrow's Cancer Treatments Today at Georgetown Lombardi

  Diane Lucey’s unusual cancer stumped her doctors. But after ordering a profile of her tumor, medical oncologist Louis Weiner knew exactly how to proceed.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, immunotherapy, precision medicine

• Identifying the Unmet Needs of Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients

  More than 400 health professionals, patients and advocates attended the Seventh Annual Ruesch Center Symposium, titled “Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer,” in person at the Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center or via a live webcast, on December 3.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: gastrointestinal cancer, Ruesch Center Symposium

• Yellow Blanket Campaign Brings Warmth and Comfort to Lombardi Patients

  Lauren, 11, and Claire, 9, lost their mom, Laura Scott to cancer on March 3, 2015. To honor Laura, her daughters delivered the blankets to patients at the infusion center, where she was treated.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, philanthropy

• Team Led by Award-Winning Researcher Finds Pro-Cancer Protein Can Also Be Protective

  Inflammation can be both friend and foe when it comes to a certain kind of cancer, according to a team led by an award-winning researcher at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their findings indicate that over-the-counter antioxidants should be used with a great deal of caution.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tag: cancer research

• 30th Anniversary Lombardi Gala Raises Record-Breaking Funds for Cancer Research

  More than 900 attendees raised more than $2.3 million for Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at the 30th Anniversary Lombardi Gala – the most raised at the event to date.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Lombardi Gala, philanthropy

• Taking Aim at Breast Cancer in Underserved Communities

  Undergraduate Cristeen Anyanwu (C’18) uses the Scott MacPherson Stapleton Award to make an impact on the health of underserved communities in the Washington, D.C. area through her work at the Capital Breast Care Center housed in Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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

• Wellstein Recognized for Outstanding Research and Excellence in Teaching

  Friends, families and colleagues gathered for Georgetown University’s Fall Faculty Convocation in majestic Healy Hall on October 20 to celebrate the promotion of Georgetown professors.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer research, faculty honors