All Posts: cancer research
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Team Led by Award-Winning Researcher Finds Pro-Cancer Protein Can Also Be Protective
Inflammation can be both friend and foe when it comes to a certain kind of cancer, according to a team led by an award-winning researcher at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Their findings indicate that over-the-counter antioxidants should be used with a great deal of caution.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Wellstein Recognized for Outstanding Research and Excellence in Teaching
Friends, families and colleagues gathered for Georgetown University’s Fall Faculty Convocation in majestic Healy Hall on October 20 to celebrate the promotion of Georgetown professors.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Clarivate Analytics and Georgetown University Named a USPTO Cancer Moonshot Challenge Winner
Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced its third place win with Georgetown University in the USPTO Cancer Moonshot Challenge held by the U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Category: News Release
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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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Clinical Trial Underway to Test Innovative Cancer Treatment Based on Georgetown Discoveries
This August, the first patient in a multi-center clinical trial being conducted by Oncternal Therapeutics began receiving an innovative new investigational cancer therapy based on discoveries made by Toretsky, professor and leader of the molecular oncology program at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and his colleagues.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Raising Issues and Developing Solutions at the Ruesch Center Policy Briefing
Participants at the briefing discussed access to care, the growing cost of cancer research and the implications for policy makers, health care professionals, patients and society.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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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
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Georgetown Lombardi Director Joins Blue Ribbon Panel Working Group For National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
April 29, 2016 — Louis M. Weiner, MD, director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has joined a blue ribbon panel-working group assembled by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to offer expert advice on the vision, goals and implementation of the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. The NCI’s acting director Douglas R. Lowy, MD, invited […]
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Cancer Research Takes Center Stage at Annual Lombardi Gala
October 30, 2015 — At the 29th Annual Lombardi Gala on October 24, nearly 800 advocates, cancer survivors and community leaders gathered at the Washington Hilton to show their support in the fight to eradicate cancer. Attendees raised funds for cancer research, education and treatment, bringing the total proceeds since the Gala’s inception to approximately […]
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Georgetown Lombardi to Honor Devon Still and Washington Area Lexus Dealers at Annual Gala
October 19, 2015 — At its 29th Annual Gala on October 24, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center will present two awards to leaders who have made a positive difference in the fight against cancer. Devon Still, former defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, will receive the NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award, and the Washington […]
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