All Posts: breast cancer
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Georgetown Lombardi Leads The Way at AVON 39 Breast Cancer Walk
About 100 members of the Georgetown Lombardi/Capital Breast Care Center team walked 39.3 miles through Washington, DC May 6-7 in AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, raising more than $260,000 for local, regional and national breast cancer organizations.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Taking Aim at Breast Cancer in Underserved Communities
Undergraduate Cristeen Anyanwu (C’18) uses the Scott MacPherson Stapleton Award to make an impact on the health of underserved communities in the Washington, D.C. area through her work at the Capital Breast Care Center housed in Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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CBCC Supporters Celebrate the Gift of Life at Annual Breakfast Benefit
About 180 people, including breast cancer survivors and their loved ones, attended the 9th Annual Gift of Life Breakfast Benefit on October 14 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Inhibiting Production of One Protein Restores Treatment Benefit in Resistant Breast Cancer
A team of investigators led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found, in animal models of human breast cancer, that inhibiting a single protein restores sensitivity to tamoxifen, a commonly used drug for treatment of some breast cancers.
Category: News Release
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Breast Cancer Research Championed with Avon Global Scholars, Avon Walk
May 5, 2016 — With a visit from the Avon Foundation Global Scholars Program and a team participating in Avon 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, supporters of Georgetown Lombardi’s breast cancer progra
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Power of Pink Event Raises Money for Capital Breast Care Center
December 9, 2015 — Over 120 women clad in pink filled Redwood restaurant in Bethesda, MD, on Thursday, October 22nd, for the 4th annual Power of Pink — Working out to Stop Breast Cancer event. The lu
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Georgetown Lombardi is Top Fundraising Team at Avon Walk for Second Year
(May 6, 2015) — This past weekend Georgetown Lombardi once again distinguished itself as the lead fundraising team in the Washington region at Avon 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, raising $237,000. On May 2 and 3, the nearly 100-member group of volunteers and patients put months of training to the test for the […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Tenth Annual Women & Wine Event Marked by Record-Breaking Growth in Community Support
April 24, 2015 —This year marked a tremendous demonstration of community support for the Women & Wine event, which hosted an unprecedented 600 attendees and raised a record high of nearly $400,000. Now in its 10th year, Women & Wine benefits the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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25 Years of Progress—Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research
Since the launch of Georgetown Lombardi’s Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research 25 years ago, the outlook for a person diagnosed with breast cancer is brighter than ever.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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CBCC Celebrates Decade of Service at Gift of Life Breakfast
Nearly 200 community partners and donors gathered for the Capital Breast Care Center’s 7th annual Gift of Life Breakfast, which raises funds to provide free quality breast health care and navigation services to underserved and minority populations from the D.C. metropolitan area.
Category: Lombardi Stories