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NY State Medicaid Expansion Widened Racial Gap in Access to High-Quality Cancer Surgery
The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion — what is considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA) — widened the racial disparity gap when it came to access to high-quality hospitals for cancer surgery, according to a new study from Georgetown University.
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Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team
The relationship between GUMC and MedStar Georgetown encourages collaborations between researchers and physicians such as the one led by Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, chief of surgical oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s surgeon-in-chief.
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Dr. Harold P. Freeman to Receive Cura Personalis Award
This November, the work of Harold P. Freeman, MD, as a patient advocate, surgical oncologist, researcher and national leader will be recognized with the Cura Personalis Award, Georgetown University Medical Center’s highest honor.
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Schlegel Strives to Create Another Cervical Cancer Game Changer
While the HPV vaccine has been a game changer, Schlegel’s recent research may lead to another advance by treating women already infected with HPV and a precancerous condition that often leads to the development of cervical cancer.
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Two Agents Deliver Knockout Punches to Ewing Sarcoma
When combined with an already FDA-approved chemotherapy, a novel agent developed by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center appears to halt the ability of Ewing sarcoma to grow and progress.
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Tobacco Smokers Could Gain 86 Million Years of Life if they Switch to Vaping, Study Finds
Up to 6.6 million cigarette smokers will live substantially longer if cigarette smoking is replaced by vaping over a ten-year period, calculates a research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center. In all, cigarette smokers who switch to e-cigarettes could live 86.7 million more years with policies that encourage cigarette smokers to switch completely to e-cigarettes.
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Partners in Research Funds New 00,000 Research Breakthrough Award
Rebecca Riggins, PhD, is the first recipient of a new Partners in Research award worth 00,000.
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Color Field Pioneer Brings Original Art to Georgetown Lombardi Atrium
The walls of the Lombardi Atrium are newly adorned with Frieze, an original site-specific collection of eleven framed, color-saturated monotypes by Sam Gilliam, an internationally renowned artist.
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Postdoc Appreciation Week
National postdoc appreciation week was September 18-21, and to celebrate we highlighted the fascinating research of five postdocs with our video series, “Research in a Minute.”
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Hyundai Hope on Wheels Funds Lombardi Research on Rare Childhood Cancer
As part of their national tour for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Hyundai Hope on Wheels made a stop at Georgetown Lombardi, to award Dr. Todd Waldman with a 50,000 grant for his work on Ewing sarcoma.
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