All Posts: cancer prevention

• New Study: Analysis Supports New Recommendation to Begin Mammogram Screening at 40

  Georgetown Lombardi’s Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, and Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD, of University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, were lead authors of a study informing the updated final recommendation of the United States Preventive Services Task Force regarding breast cancer screening, released April 30

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer prevention, cancer screening

• Ralph Lauren Center Marks Its First Year at Georgetown

  Nearly one year after the opening of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, Ralph Lauren leaders toured the center and received an update on its accomplishments from center leaders and staff.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer prevention, cancer screening, community outreach, health disparities, health equity, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention — Part of Washington’s Fabric

  Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s newly dedicated Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, with its quadrupling of health-focused staff, brings renewed hope that those who have been historically underserved in the Washington, DC, area will now have access to more cancer-related services and the potential of turning the tide on the high rate of cancer in the city.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer prevention, health disparities, health equity, minority health, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention, underserved populations

• $3.2 Million Grant Supports Study of New Genetic Testing Approach to Reduce Racial Health Disparities

  The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $3.2 million grant to investigators from Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey,  both NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, to examine a novel approach to genetic testing and care based on community-identified needs, with the aim of reducing racial disparity gaps in cancer care delivery.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer prevention, genetic testing, racial disparities

• Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation Makes Gift to Address Disparities in Cancer Care

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer prevention, philanthropy, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• 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