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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. […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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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Trial Stopped Early: Giving Immunotherapy Before Targeted Rx Improves Survival in Advanced Melanoma
WASHINGTON (November 15, 2021) — More people with advanced melanoma survive for two years or more when they receive a combination of two immunotherapy drugs given before a combination of two targeted therapies, if needed, compared to people who start treatment with targeted therapies. The finding comes from a clinical trial that was stopped early […]
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Experimental Drug Boosts Immunotherapy Effectiveness in Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
WASHINGTON (November 4, 2021) — An experimental drug enhanced the benefit of an immunotherapy to fight pancreatic cancer in mice by increasing the number of immune cells in the immediate vicinity of the tumor, leading to a reduction in tumor growth, and in some mice, eliminating their cancer. The findings, from researchers at Georgetown Lombardi […]
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Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Differences in Deaths for Black Women
WASHINGTON (October 18, 2021) — If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later, according to analyses conducted by a modeling team that is part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), funded […]
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DNA Tags Enable Blood-Based Tests to Assess Cancer Treatment Outcomes
WASHINGTON (July 27, 2021) — Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s, but with rapid advances in genomics and computational analytics in just the past few years, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center now believe that studying tags, or modifications to this type of DNA, may lead to […]
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Small Numbers of Cells in a Tumor Could Be Key Enablers of Cancer Metastasis
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2021) — Just a small number of cells found in tumors can enable and recruit other types of cells nearby, allowing the cancer to spread to other parts of the body, report Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists. Working with their research collaborators, the scientists found that “enabler cells” comprise about 20 […]
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