All Posts: cancer

• Facing a Difficult Diagnosis, Why One Patient Chooses to Confront Cancer at Georgetown Lombardi

  When Adam Skipper was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he decided to pursue treatment at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center rather than a hospital closer to his home.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, pancreatic cancer

• Carnegie Renews Classification of Georgetown as ‘Very High Research University’

  Georgetown has once again been classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an institution with “very high research activity.”

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, lymphoma, prostate cancer

• Genetic Testing of Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Could Be 'Impactful'

  Claudine Isaacs, MD, a Georgetown Lombardi medical oncologist, weighs in on new guidelines issued by the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, genetic counseling

• Jill Biden Joins Washington Area Anchorwomen to Raise Funds for Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center

  Former second lady of the United States Jill Biden joined supporters, survivors, politicos and friends for the annual NewsBash event, which helps raise awareness for breast cancer and this year raised funds for Georgetown’s Capital Breast Care Center.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, community outreach, health disparities, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• Large Study Reveals Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with High Dose, Short Term Radiation

  A new study conducted at cancer centers around the country, including at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, supports the routine use of a radiation treatment for prostate cancer that delivers a high dose of therapy in a very short time frame.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, prostate cancer

• Study Finds HIV+ Cancer Patients Benefit From Immunotherapy

  The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, HIV

• Walking Warriors Host Grand Start Party, Launching 2019 Fundraising Efforts

  To launch the start of training season for their Second Annual Walk, the Walking Warriors Battling Breast Cancer held a grand start party attended by dozens of breast cancer survivors and their friends and family.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• First Patient in a Clinical Trial Using Her Own Blood to Personalize Treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Experiencing Remission

  The first cancer patient to be treated as part of the CAR-T cell clinical trial at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital through Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a mother of two and grandmother of four, is now in “complete remission” after a lengthy battle with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer, lymphoma

• Giving Patients a Voice in Breast Cancer Research

  The members of Georgetown Breast Cancer Advocates are all volunteers and breast cancer survivors who are committed to supporting and promoting breast cancer research.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention

• More Clues Revealed in Link Between Normal Breast Changes and Invasive Breast Cancer

  A research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has published the results of a mouse study that shows how changes in mammary glands to accommodate breastfeeding use a molecular process believed to contribute to the survival of premalignant breast cells.

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention