All Posts: cancer
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Understanding Immunotherapy Resistance Leads to New Therapeutic Strategies — and Hope
Samir Khleif, MD, an immunologist and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi, is working to understand why some cancers become resistant to immunotherapy, and how that resistance can be overcome.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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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
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Ruesch Center Symposium Focuses on Early-Onset GI Cancer
With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates, patients and caregivers November 16-18 to honor those dedicated to curing GI cancers, discuss the experiences of patients and caregivers, and share the latest research in the field.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Computer Models Fill Critical Knowledge Gaps To Help Reduce Cancer Disparities
Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to a new, wide-ranging perspective by researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues. A collection of new studies in the November 8, 2023, special issue of JNCI devoted to cancer disparities modeling outlines a path forward.
Category: News Release
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Atkins Inducted as Academy of Immuno-Oncology Fellow
The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) has inducted Georgetown Lombardi Deputy Director Michael B. Atkins, MD, as a Fellow of the Academy of Immuno-Oncology (FAIO). The 2023 class was inducted November 3 at the SITC’s 38th Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Tobacco Regulations Center Receives $20 Million for Tobacco Use Research
The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) — a collaboration with Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the British Columbia (BC) Cancer Research Institute — recently received $20 million in funding to continue its research on the impact of tobacco regulations on tobacco use patterns and their downstream health effects.
Category: News Release
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Raskin Discusses Cancer Diagnosis and Cura Personalis at Annual Kovach Lecture
On September 26, U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin came to Georgetown to discuss his cancer experiences and thank his treating physician, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital hematologist-oncologist Joseph L. Roswarski, MD, at the third annual Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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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
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Biology Behind New Drug Used to Treat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Uncovered
How TTP488 (azeliragon), an experimental drug, impairs aggressive, triple-negative breast cancer from metastasizing has been uncovered at the cellular level, according to researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Category: News Release
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Research To Help Patients Make Informed Decisions About Breast MRI
While many people think that breast cancer screening and mammography are synonymous, Claire Conley, PhD, wants people to know that women who are at higher than average risk for breast cancer may also receive a breast MRI.
Category: Lombardi Stories