Archive: melanoma
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Indoor Tanning May Be an Addiction Abetted by Both Genetic and Psychiatric Factors
A new study reported by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi sheds light on factors that may influence an addiction to indoor tanning in a subset of women.
Category: News Release
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Melanoma Survivors Luncheon Celebrates Cancer Research Achievement
(May 10, 2016) — If advances in cancer treatment dramatically change the outcome for individual patients, imagine its impact on a physician who has only recently been able to deliver good news. “I know I speak for my colleagues in saying that I have been waiting my whole career for a day like today.” That’s […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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A Cancer Survivors’ Luncheon Like No Other
(April 30, 2016) — Last year, Stanley Sher, a lawyer who lives in D.C., was certain his time was ending. “I had reached a very low, low point — three surgeries, radiation treatment and nothing had worked,” he said. “I was several months away from disappearing.” Leta Brown had a similar experience when, at age […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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New Clinical Trial Led by Lombardi Doctor to Compare Drug Sequences in Treatment of Melanoma
August 31, 2015 — A new nationwide clinical trial that recently opened at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital will help doctors determine not only which drugs are most effective, but also how the order in which the drugs are administered affects patient outcomes. Conducted by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, […]
Category: Lombardi Stories