All Posts: cancer research
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‘The Power of This Place is Its People’
(November 27, 2019) — Nearly 600 supporters, community partners and volunteers showed up in force to celebrate the extraordinary team of individuals who work tirelessly searching for new and better cancer treatments and therapies at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. This year’s annual Lombardi Gala took place at Washington’s Ritz-Carlton and spotlighted some of the very […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Nearly One-Quarter of Completed Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Results Are Not Published
WASHINGTON (November 6, 2019) — Despite the lengthy time and money commitments that are required to conduct clinical trials, a new analysis has found that up to one-fourth of completed lung cancer clinical trial results are not published, thereby depriving patients, the research community and the public of a complete picture of the current state of […]
Category: News Release
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Ruesch Center Offers Summer Interns an In-Depth Look at GI Oncology
The summer internship program at Georgetown’s Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers provides 12 students from schools across the country the opportunity to learn about all aspects of GI oncology.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Georgetown University’s Cancer Center Receives Coveted ‘Comprehensive Cancer Center’ Status from the National Cancer Institute
WASHINGTON (May 7, 2019) — The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s designation as a “comprehensive cancer center,” a distinction first awarded to Georgetown Lombardi in 1974. Of the 1,500 cancer programs in the U.S., only 50 are NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers and Georgetown Lombardi is the only such center in the Washington, D.C., area. The […]
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Washington Women Raise $735K for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi
WASHINGTON (April 25, 2019) — Women & Wine, one of Washington’s largest annual philanthropic events by and for women, raised over $735K at its April 24 annual event, with proceeds designated for research and treatment at the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Women & Wine is one of the premier events for […]
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Georgetown Lombardi Men's Event Boasts Another Year of Success
Over 200 men gathered for the 19th annual Men’s Event, a fundraising dinner to raise awareness and money for research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on cancers that affect men.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Georgetown Lombardi’s Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, Named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow
The National Academy of Inventors has named Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, a pediatric oncologist and researcher at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, to its 2017 class of fellows.
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New Test Provides Accurate Measure of DNA Damage from Chemical Compounds
A new biomarker test developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and their colleagues can help predict, with up to 90 percent certainty, which chemical compounds can cause DNA damage that could lead to cancer.
Category: News Release
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A Remarkable Story Highlights the Progress and Promise of Cancer Research
At the Men’s Event, an annual fundraiser attended by about 200 of Georgetown Lombardi’s male supporters, Louis Weiner, MD, and others explained that investments in science have made a difference for patients.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Research in a Minute: Ayesha Shajahan-Haq
As an assistant professor focused on breast cancer research, Ayesha Shajahan-Haq, PhD, is working to develop drugs that will help breast cancer survivors stay healthy.
Category: Lombardi Stories