All Posts: 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

• Georgetown Lombardi Faculty Members Aim To Improve Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Rates by Focusing on Equity in Care

  Kathryn Taylor, PhD, professor of oncology, believes she can have no greater impact on reducing the burden of cancer than by focusing on the harms of tobacco use. The work she co-leads with Randi Williams, PhD, assistant professor of oncology, as part of the Lung Screening, Tobacco, and Health (LSTH) research lab at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is especially impactful on underserved communities, who are often the target of tobacco product marketing.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, cancer screening, early detection, health disparities, health equity, lung cancer, lung cancer screening, racial disparities, smoking cessation, tobacco control, underserved populations

• Routine Lung Screening Spots Aggressive Cancer Early, Allows Successful Treatment

  The detection of an aggressive form of lung cancer in a patient treated by experts at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates the importance of routine screenings and a strong relationship between patients and their primary care physicians.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, cancer screening, early detection, lung cancer, small cell lung cancer

• Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Disparities in Deaths for Black Women

  WASHINGTON (October 18, 2021) — If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later, according to analyses conducted by a modeling team that is part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), funded […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, cancer screening, health disparities, mammography, racial disparities

• Georgetown Lombardi Oncologists Encourage Patients to Keep Up with Cancer Screenings

  (November 20, 2020) — If you’re due for a routine cancer screening test, you should contact your doctor to find out if it can be safely deferred until the risk of COVID-19 goes down. In contrast, if you have symptoms that could be a sign of cancer, don’t delay and don’t let the pandemic discourage […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer screening, gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, telemedicine