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Walking Warriors Second Annual Walk Raises More Than 35,000 for Breast Cancer
The Walking Warriors Battling Breast Cancer’s second-annual walk on April 27 raised more than 35,000 for breast cancer research, community service and education programs at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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How a Comprehensive Cancer Center Makes a Difference in Patient Care
Geoff Grubbs realized the benefits of seeking out medical oncologist Bruce Cheson, MD, head of hematology and director of hematology research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, to treat his chronic lymphocytic leukemia when he developed an extremely rare complication from the disease.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Going with Your Gut: Exploring the Microbiota’s Role in Colorectal Cancer Among the Young
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Benjamin Weinberg, MD, is exploring the role of microbiota in colorectal cancer to find out why there has been an uptick in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer in people in their 20s and 30s.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Why One Patient Chooses to Confront Cancer at Georgetown Lombardi
When Adam Skipper was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he decided to pursue treatment at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center rather than a hospital closer to his home.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’
Georgetown has once again been classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an institution with “very high research activity.”
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Large Study Reveals Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with High Dose, Short Term Radiation
A new study conducted at cancer centers around the country, including at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, supports the routine use of a radiation treatment for prostate cancer that delivers a high dose of therapy in a very short time frame.
Category: News Release
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Jill Biden Joins Washington Area Anchorwomen to Raise Funds for Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center
Former second lady of the United States Jill Biden joined supporters, survivors, politicos and friends for the annual NewsBash event, which helps raise awareness for breast cancer and this year raised funds for Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Study Finds HIV+ Cancer Patients Benefit From Immunotherapy
The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Category: News Release
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Walking Warriors Host Grand Start Party, Launching 2019 Fundraising Efforts
To launch the start of training season for their Second Annual Walk, the Walking Warriors Battling Breast Cancer held a grand start party attended by dozens of breast cancer survivors and their friends and family.
Category: Lombardi Stories
