All Posts: Lombardi Stories
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Ralph Lauren Center Marks Its First Year at Georgetown
Nearly one year after the opening of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, Ralph Lauren leaders toured the center and received an update on its accomplishments from center leaders and staff.
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Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center Treats its First Patient in Innovative Cell Therapy Clinical Trial
Researchers at Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center — part of the National Cancer Institute-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University —treated its first patient at the Center in a cutting-edge phase I clinical trial of LYL845, a novel cellular therapy under evaluation for advanced melanoma and other select solid tumors. A type of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, LYL845 is custom-made from a patient’s cells and designed to help the immune system find and kill cancer cells.
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New Georgetown Lombardi Office Cultivates Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Cancer Center
The new Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is working to improve diversity and foster a sense of inclusion among research trainees, staff, faculty and leadership.at the cancer center.
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Could a Georgetown Lab Finding Lead to New Treatment in Pancreatic Cancer?
For the first time, new research by Georgetown scientists shows potential to make immunotherapy effective in pancreatic cancer by combining it with a drug that makes cancer cells more responsive to immunotherapy. The research is now in a phase 2 clinical trial being tested in human patients.
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John Theurer Cancer Center Physician Co-Authors Clinical Research on Innovative Oral Leukemia Therapy
Researchers at Hackensack Meridian’s John Theurer Cancer Center are part of a published Phase 3 study reporting on the equivalent safety and effectiveness in the oral treatment of blood cancers, such as myelodysplastic syndrome and/or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, to its previously inpatient, intravenous treatment counterparts. John Theurer Cancer Center is part of the NCI-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.
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John Theurer Cancer Center Physician Co-Authors Clinical Research on mRNA Vaccine Intervention Benefits in High-Risk Melanoma
Researchers at Hackensack University Medical Center’s John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC), a part of the NCI-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, reported on a novel mRNA vaccine’s delivering improved survival rates in Stage IIIB and IV (metastatic) skin cancer, as part of an ongoing joint-study.
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Staying Hands-on in Hope: For the Future of Pediatric Cancer Research (and Maybe a New Car)
The Hyundai Hands On Hope contest, generously sponsored by the Washington Area Hyundai Dealers, ran January 19 to 21 and featured healthy competition between Georgetown Lombardi and Children’s National.
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Understanding Immunotherapy Resistance Leads to New Therapeutic Strategies — and Hope
Samir Khleif, MD, an immunologist and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi, is working to understand why some cancers become resistant to immunotherapy, and how that resistance can be overcome.
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Georgetown Lombardi Faculty Members Aim To Improve Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Rates by Focusing on Equity in Care
Kathryn Taylor, PhD, professor of oncology, believes she can have no greater impact on reducing the burden of cancer than by focusing on the harms of tobacco use. The work she co-leads with Randi Williams, PhD, assistant professor of oncology, as part of the Lung Screening, Tobacco, and Health (LSTH) research lab at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is especially impactful on underserved communities, who are often the target of tobacco product marketing.
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Ruesch Center Symposium Focuses on Early-Onset GI Cancer
With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates, patients and caregivers November 16-18 to honor those dedicated to curing GI cancers, discuss the experiences of patients and caregivers, and share the latest research in the field.
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