All Posts: cancer

• Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Differences 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

• DNA Tags Enable Blood-Based Tests to Assess Cancer Treatment Outcomes

  WASHINGTON (July 27, 2021) — Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s, but with rapid advances in genomics and computational analytics in just the past few years, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center now believe that studying tags, or modifications to this type of DNA, may lead to […]

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cfDNA, liquid biopsy

• Small Numbers of Cells in a Tumor Could Be Key Enablers of Cancer Metastasis

  WASHINGTON (June 16, 2021) — Just a small number of cells found in tumors can enable and recruit other types of cells nearby, allowing the cancer to spread to other parts of the body, report Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists. Working with their research collaborators, the scientists found that “enabler cells” comprise about 20 […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, CRISPR, Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center

• Clinical Trial Result Leads to New Treatment Option for Hard-to-Treat Breast Cancer

  (June 4, 2021) — A clinical trial exploring a new treatment for breast cancer found that women with a hard-to-treat form of the disease lived longer without the disease coming back following treatment. The trial was conducted at sites around the world, including Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. “This finding represents a significant step forward […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, triple-negative breast cancer

• From Husband and Wife to Caregiver and Patient, John and Liza Marshall Reflect on Their Personal Cancer Journey in New Memoir

  (April 15, 2021) — As the current chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Georgetown Lombardi and the director of The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers, John Marshall, MD, said that the hardest yet most important job of his life was taking on the role of caregiver when his wife Liza was […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, publications

• Renowned Georgetown Cancer and Aging Researcher Receives Top Honor in Her Field

  (March 28, 2021) — When Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, PhD, MPH, reflects on the arc of her research career, she sees no single standout moment that cemented her path. Instead, the revered member of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of oncology and medicine at Georgetown attributes her distinguished career to a continuum of work […]

  Category: Special Stories Tags: aging and cancer risk, breast cancer, cancer, faculty honors

• Music to Our Ears: Georgetown Lombardi’s Arts & Humanities Program Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

  (February 14, 2021) — In February, the Georgetown Lombardi Arts & Humanities Program (AHP) was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to study the effect of music on ICU patients’ neurologic and physiologic responses. The award appears to be the first time GUMC has received research funding from the NEA. […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Arts & Humanities Program, cancer

• Mechanism for How Pancreatic Cancer Evades Immunotherapy Elucidated

  Discovery could lead to new or improved therapeutic options. WASHINGTON (January 28, 2021) — Pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal of all cancers, is capable of evading attacks by immune cells by changing its microenvironment so that the immune cells suppress, rather than support, an attack on the tumor, according to a study led […]

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, immunotherapy, pancreatic cancer

• Glynda’s Story: A Chance to Advance Treatment for Aggressive Cancer

  (January 11, 2021) — Inspired by the kindness, proficiency and dedication of her health care team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Glynda Brown, a 52-year-old Maryland resident, felt determined to “pay it forward” and make a positive difference for future patients by participating in a clinical trial after she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, clinical trials, minority health, triple-negative breast cancer

• 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