All Posts: News Release

• Informing Children of a Mother’s Genetic Cancer Risk Does Not Impact Their Health Behaviors

  WASHINGTON (July 21, 2022) — Telling a child about their mother’s risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer does not adversely influence the offspring’s lifestyle or quality of life in the long term, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The finding appeared July 21, 2022, in Pediatrics […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, genetic counseling, genetic testing, ovarian cancer

• Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Launches BellRinger, Local Bike Ride to End Cancer

  Bike ride to raise millions to fund cancer research with inaugural October ride WASHINGTON (July 18, 2022) — Today, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center launched BellRinger, a bike ride and community movement to end cancer. BellRinger opened registration for its inaugural 25-, 50-, and 100- mile fundraising ride on Saturday, October 22, 2022 that will […]

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer research, philanthropy

• Intensive Telephone-Based Cessation Counseling Results in Improved Smoking Quit Rates

  WASHINGTON (July 12, 2022) — Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a twofold greater cigarette quit rate compared to people who received minimal counseling and nicotine replacement, according to results of a national, randomized trial conducted […]

  Category: News Release Tags: lung cancer, smoking, smoking cessation

• Biomarkers Found That Could Be Drug Targets Against a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer

  WASHINGTON (June 22, 2022) — Biomarkers that could be targets for novel drugs to treat glioblastoma brain tumors have been identified by investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing hope for a cancer that is highly lethal. Currently, the drug most often used to treat glioblastoma, temozolomide, is uniquely able to cross the blood/brain […]

  Category: News Release Tags: brain cancer, brain tumor, cancer research, glioblastoma

• Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation Announces $25 Million Commitment to Five Cancer Centers Across America With Goal of Reducing Disparities in Cancer Care in Underserved Communities

  Commitment Recognized by White House Cancer Moonshot Georgetown University to establish The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Ralph Lauren Center to build upon 20-year partnership serving Harlem, New York, and surrounding communities Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, to collaborate on the […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer moonshot, cancer prevention, cancer research, colon cancer, philanthropy, prostate cancer, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Study Shows Sleep Disturbances During the Pandemic Were Similar between Breast Cancer Survivors and Healthy Controls

  WASHINGTON (May 2, 2022) — Results from the Thinking and Living with Cancer Study (TLC) showed that the development of sleep disturbances during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women, but the findings did not differ between women who survived breast cancer and women without cancer. […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center, mental health, sleep disturbances, survivorship

• Biological Pathways Found That Drive Genomic Changes and Bone Metastasis in Ewing Sarcoma, a Rare Childhood Cancer

  WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) — In studies using mice grafted with human Ewing sarcoma tissue, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a biological pathway that is activated when tissue is starved of oxygen due to rapid growth of a tumor, thereby allowing cancer cells to make genetic changes so they can […]

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, Ewing sarcoma

• New Factors That Can Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence Defined

  Discovery Has the Potential to Also Benefit Treatment Choices. WASHINGTON (April 22, 2022) — Genetics and other factors that can determine if a woman is at risk for a recurrence of breast cancer have been identified by investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing new research avenues for preventing a new tumor from developing. […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer research, cancer, cancer research, conditionally reprogrammed cells

• MRI May Lower Breast Cancer Deaths From Variants in Three Genes

  Variants in these genes are as prevalent as the BRCA1/2 mutations. An analysis suggests annual MRI starting at age 30-35 would cut cancer mortality by 50%. WASHINGTON (February 17, 2022) — Annual MRI screenings starting at ages 30 to 35 may reduce breast-cancer mortality by more than 50% among women who carry certain genetic changes […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer research, genetic testing, MRI screening

• Research Reveals How Aging Cells Can Be an Underlying Cause of Kidney Damage

  WASHINGTON (December 8, 2021) — A study in mice by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that stress and tissue damage initiated by angiotensin II, a molecule that is known to increase blood pressure and stiffening in the linings of blood vessels, leads to cellular senescence, a process by which a cell […]

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