All Posts: cancer
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An Unstoppable Duo with a Vision for Cancer Care at Georgetown Lombardi
To recognize breast cancer awareness month this October, Clifford and Patricia Chieffo hosted a panel discussion and announced plans to support patient services at Georgetown Lombardi.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Virtual Review of Cancer Clinical Trial Treatment Options Quicker Than Conventional Methods
Using virtual, cloud-based, interconnected computing techniques, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and colleagues dramatically reduced the time needed to assess a cancer patient’s tumor profile and suitability for clinical trials.
Category: News Release
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Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services
A multidisciplinary team co-led by Georgetown Lombardi Assistant Professor Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, PhD, has created an informational telenovela to help make genetic counseling more accessible to at-risk Latina women.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Mammography Unlikely to Benefit Older Women with Chronic Illnesses
A new study by a group of researchers including Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, from Georgetown Lombardi indicates that regular screening mammograms are unlikely to benefit women 75 and older who have chronic illnesses.
Category: News Release
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Georgetown Tobacco Control Expert Outlines Motivations of Altria-Juul Deal and Its Public Health Impact
In a new journal article, David Levy, PhD, professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues explore the motivations of both parties in Altria’s purchase of Juul Labs
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Revealing the Molecular Engine That Drives Pancreatic Cancer Provides Ways to Turn It Off
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi have decoded a chain of molecules that are critical for the growth and survival of the most common and most lethal form of pancreatic cancer.
Category: News Release
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Recognizing the Toll of Oral Damage From Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Stem Cell Transplant
A new state-of-the-science paper by a team of investigators including researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center concludes that too little has been done to understand and effectively treat chronic chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Category: News Release
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Katie Couric is the Inaugural Speaker at Georgetown's Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture
On Aug. 7, Georgetown Lombardi welcomed Katie Couric, an award-winning journalist and the co-founder of cancer advocacy nonprofit Stand Up To Cancer, for the inaugural Edward M. Kovach Cura Personalis Endowed Lecture.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Study Shows Why a Common Form of Immunotherapy Fails, and Suggests Solution
New research from a team led by Georgetown Lombardi’s Samir N. Khleif, MD, has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don’t respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy.
Category: News Release
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Georgetown Technique Using Urine Suggests Individualized Bladder Cancer Treatment Possible
A research team, led by investigators from Georgetown University Medical Center and Fudan University in China, has devised a promising non-invasive and individualized technique for detecting and treating bladder cancer.
Category: News Release