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For Many Women, Mammography Screening Every Other Year Has Most Benefits of Annual Exams but Less Harm, Conclude Six Independent Research Teams
November 16, 2009
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Honored
November 9, 2009
The “Lexus” of Cancer Treatment -- One Man’s Inspiring Drive to Survive
November 5, 2009
Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities: A New Era in Research
October 27, 2009
Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development
October 14, 2009
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Researcher Inducted into Institute of Medicine
October 13, 2009
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL) to Visit the ‘Capital Breast Care Center’ in SE Washington
October 1, 2009
Cash for Cures -- Georgetown University Medical Center Researchers Receive Millions in Awards From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
September 30, 2009
Georgetown Breast Cancer Surgeon to Receive National and International Accolades
September 29, 2009
Georgetown Establishes New Gastrointestinal Research Center with $6.75 Million Gift
September 29, 2009
Lombardi’s Head of Minority Health & Disparities Invited Panelist at Congressional Black Caucus Conference
September 22, 2009
Blood Test Helps Guide Treatment Decisions and May Impact Quality of Life
September 14, 2009
Lombardi’s Peter Shields Elected President-Elect of American Society of Preventive Oncology
August 7, 2009
Antibody Targeting of Glioblastoma Shows Promise in Preclinical Tests, Say Lombardi Researchers
July 30, 2009
Lombardi Research: Common Household Pesticides Linked To Childhood Cancer Cases
July 28, 2009
NASA Selects Georgetown University Medical Center as Specialized Center of Research to Study Space Radiation Risks
July 19, 2009
GUMC Discovery Highlights New Direction For Drug Discovery
July 5, 2009
Protein Linked to Change in Tissue That Surround and Support Breast Tumors
June 12, 2009
Dual Role in Breast Tissue for a Protein Involved in Leukemia
June 12, 2009
Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected by Cancer Treatment
May 28, 2009
America! Stores Support Lombardi's Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research
May 27, 2009
Lombardi Scientist Brings “Dream Team” Breast Cancer Research Effort to Georgetown University Medical Center
May 27, 2009
Women with Breast Cancer Find Comfort and More in Mentoring Program at Georgetown
May 22, 2009
More Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Choose Chemotherapy, GUMC Researchers Report
May 14, 2009
Georgetown Research: Mothers Satisfied When They Share Cancer Genetic Test Results with Children
May 14, 2009
Georgetown’s V. Craig Jordan Elected to National Academy of Sciences
April 29, 2009
GUMC Researchers: Test for Hormones in the Blood Not Reflective of Hormones in Breast Tissue; Breast Cancer Risk
April 22, 2009
Cholesterol Appears to Promote Tamoxifen Resistance in Some Breast Cancer Cells, GUMC Researchers Say
April 20, 2009
In Large Study, GUMC Researchers Document How p53 Gene Mutations Link to High-Grade Breast Cancer and Poor Outcomes
April 19, 2009
American Legacy Foundation and Georgetown University Medical Center Create Research Collaboration
April 14, 2009
V. Craig Jordan, Internationally Renowned Breast Cancer Scientist, Joins Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
April 13, 2009
Lombardi Research: Monoclonal Antibodies Primed to Become Potent Immune Weapons against Cancer
March 20, 2009
Georgetown Study Suggests Radiosurgery with CyberKnife May Offer Equivalent Outcomes to Surgery For Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients
March 20, 2009
U.S. Cancer Screening Trial Shows No Early Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening
March 18, 2009
Georgetown Researcher: Two or More Drinks a Day May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
March 3, 2009
GUMC Young Scientist Selected Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA-Funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute
February 21, 2009
GUMC Researchers Find Gene Function “Lost” in Melanoma and Glioblastoma
December 17, 2008
Oldest Old “Hanging in the Balance?”
December 9, 2008
Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Launches ShopforCancerCures.org to Raise Money for Cancer Research
November 17, 2008
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Claudine Isaacs Selected As “Top Doc” by Women’s Health Magazine
November 6, 2008
“New” Estrogen Receptor Found to be Key Player in Tamoxifen Resistance
October 30, 2008
Lombardi Cancer Center Hosts International Symposium on Dance and Healthcare
October 29, 2008
Georgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announce Unique Research Partnership
October 23, 2008
Georgetown University Medical Center Researcher Elected to Institute of Medicine
October 13, 2008
Lombardi Names First Director of Clinical Research Informatics
October 9, 2008
Georgetown Hosts National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber
October 6, 2008
Cokie Roberts to Speak at Second Annual Gift of Life Breakfast
October 6, 2008
Lombardi Names Director of Health Services Research
October 3, 2008
Hyundai Donates $40,000 to Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to Support Survivorship Program
September 22, 2008
New Options When An Old Enemy Returns
September 21, 2008
Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell Joins Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
September 21, 2008
Test Can Help Patient Determine Treatment Changes Earlier
September 11, 2008
One Step Back… Two Steps Forward
September 5, 2008
District’s First-Ever Doo Wop Benefit Concert to Attract Hundreds of Local Business, Community Leaders
August 28, 2008
John L. Marshall Elected President of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
August 28, 2008
Georgetown University Medical Center Collaborates with Indivumed to Develop Cancer Research Database
July 29, 2008
Georgetown Only CyberKnife Center in Mid-Atlantic Treating Children
July 18, 2008
Vitamin A Pushes Breast Cancer to Form Blood Vessel Cells
July 15, 2008
GUMC’s Baris Suzek Honored for His Significant Accomplishments and Contributions to caBIG™
July 14, 2008
Focus on Ethics Critical as Scientific Advances are Applied to Ethnicity and Race
July 10, 2008
Malignant Brain Tumors: GUMC Experts Available to Comment
May 21, 2008
Study Suggests Blood Test Can Help Lead To Improved Treatment Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients
May 15, 2008
Avon Foundation Awards $800K To Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
May 8, 2008
Space Radiation May Cause Prolonged Cellular Damage to Astronauts
April 15, 2008
Georgetown Student Takes 1st Place in Poster Competition at International Cancer Research Meeting
April 15, 2008
Georgetown Researchers Find Stem Cell Marker Controls Two Key Cancer Pathways
April 14, 2008
In Lab Study, Researchers Find Molecule That Disrupts Ewing’s Sarcoma Oncogene
April 13, 2008
Gene Variations, Alcohol, and an Association with Breast Cancer Risk
April 13, 2008
Nutrition, Genes and Cancer Symposium Hosted by Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
April 12, 2008
Evidence Now Suggests Eating Soy Foods in Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer
April 8, 2008
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Publishes Book for Childhood Cancer Survivors
March 27, 2008
Family Communication Impacts Attitude About Genetic Counseling/Testing for Breast Cancer
March 27, 2008
Cherry Blossoms to Benefit Breast Cancer Research
March 25, 2008
Georgian State Visit Includes Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
March 20, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY: Georgian President and First Lady’s State Visit to Include Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
March 18, 2008
Genetic Counselors Turn to Unconventional Counseling To Meet Explosive Demand for Genetic Testing
March 17, 2008
Anatasha Crawford Selected For Prestigious Bouchet Society
March 11, 2008
Lombardi Physician-Scientist Awarded Prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award
March 7, 2008
Expressive Writing Appears to Change Thoughts and Feelings about Cancer
February 21, 2008
Lombardi Director Available to Comment on Major Research Study Linking Insurance Status to Advanced-Stage Cancers
February 19, 2008
Discovery of Good - and Bad – Liver Stem Cells Raises Possibility of New Treatment
February 5, 2008
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Names Peter G. Shields Deputy Director
February 1, 2008
Georgetown Hematology Head Named Chairman-Elect, Lymphoma Research Foundation
January 28, 2008
Georgetown Drug Discovery Expert To Be Awarded Endowed Chair in Experimental Therapeutics
January 14, 2008
Findings Point to Molecular 'Achilles Heel' for Half of Breast Cancer Tumors
January 14, 2008
Breast Imaging Center Designated "Center of Excellence"
January 8, 2008
New Research Tools Suggest Cancer And Other Diseases Are Too Complex For Easy Answers, Researchers Say
December 26, 2007
Experimental Technique at GUMC Offers Real-Time Analysis of Breast Cancer Biopsies
November 13, 2007
2007 Avon Foundation Awardees Include Lombardi’s Capital Breast Care Center
November 1, 2007
Child Health Psychologists Need To Promote Adult Disease Prevention
October 23, 2007
Lombardi Expert Comments on New Study Linking Sun Exposure and Advanced Breast Cancer
October 18, 2007
Tony Snow, Ken Venturi to Be Honored at Lombardi Gala
October 17, 2007
Georgetown Names New Director of Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
October 16, 2007
Lombardi's Shad Receives Prestigious Penn State Award
October 10, 2007
Shop at Safeway and Support the Ourisman Breast Health Center
October 9, 2007
MEDIA TIP SHEET: FDA Investigating Cancer Pain Drug
September 14, 2007
New Clues to Breast Cancer Development in High-Risk Women
September 10, 2007
Georgetown's Department of Urology and Lombardi Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screening
September 6, 2007
CyberKnife Use Outside of the Brain Increases to 57 Percent of All CK Cases at Georgetown
September 6, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: HYUNDAI Hope on wheels program to Donate $40,000 to Pediatric Cancer Research at Lombardi
September 6, 2007
Women: No More Cold, Hard Mammograms
August 28, 2007
Pancreatic Cancer: Catching it Sooner and Saving Lives
August 22, 2007
Dense Breasts, Hormone Levels Are Two Separate, Independent Risk Factors For Breast Cancer
August 17, 2007
New Cause of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells Discovered at Lombardi
August 9, 2007
$4.5 Million Gift Establishes New Chair, Professorship at GUMC
August 7, 2007
Accuracy Of Thyroid Hormone Testing Improved With State-Of-The-Art Test
July 26, 2007
First Patient Treated With Second CyberKnife Now Operating at Georgetown
July 19, 2007
GUMC Professor of Oncology Named Editor-in-Chief of New Journal
July 9, 2007
$2 Million Komen Award Will Fund Research to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
July 5, 2007
Scientists Discover Key to Manipulating Fat
July 1, 2007
In 'Spontaneous' Liver Cancer, Researcher Sees a Cure
June 19, 2007
Georgetown's Second Cyberknife Ready To Go July 2007
June 14, 2007
Largest Synthetic Gene Ever Built Offers Insights into Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance
June 6, 2007
Georgetown Kicks off Drug Discovery Partnership with Virginia Tech
May 24, 2007
New Data Shows HPV Vaccine, Created at Georgetown, Can Prevent Vaginal and Oral Cancers
May 18, 2007
Lombardi Scientist Testifies before Maryland State Senate
April 6, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: 'Straight Talk' About Cancer
April 5, 2007
Prostate Cancer Pioneer Nancy Dawson to Join Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 19, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: Exploring the HPV Vaccine and the Social, Legal and Public Health Debate
March 9, 2007
Georgetown Awards First Molecular Research Chair to Lombardi Cancer Expert
February 28, 2007
Protein Identified That Regulates Effectiveness of Taxol Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
February 21, 2007
Family Fights Same Rare Cancer For Three Generations
February 20, 2007
Pancreatic Cancer: A Silent Killer
February 20, 2007
First Lady Michelle Fenty Appointed President of Advisory Council for Capital Breast Care Center
February 20, 2007
Two Georgetown Students Win Science Education Awards
February 12, 2007
Lombardi Expert Helps Set New Guidelines for Assessing Lymphoma Treatment
February 6, 2007
Media Tip Sheet: Cervical Health Awareness Month
January 26, 2007
Georgetown Docs 'Tops' in Northern Virginia Magazine
January 25, 2007
Young Cancer Survivors at Risk for Behaviors That Raise Future Cancer Risk
January 23, 2007
Breast Reconstruction Easier to 'Stomach', New Procedure Spares Abdominal Muscles and Nerves
December 13, 2006
In Vivo Study: Whole Wheat in Maternal Diet Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring
December 12, 2006
Lombardi Institute for Quality of Life Established with Grant from Prince Charitable Trusts
December 8, 2006
Lombardi Greeting Card Gift Boxes on Sale Now!
November 28, 2006
Lombardi Director Dritschilo Comments on JAMA Study on Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Treatments
November 15, 2006
Georgetown Recognizes Creator of HPV Vaccine
November 1, 2006
Some Key Laboratory Breast Cancer Cell Lines Are, Indeed, Good Models for the 'Real' Disease
October 31, 2006
A Conversation with the Man Behind the HPV Vaccine
October 24, 2006
Redskins Owner Dan Snyder and Football Legend Vincent Papale to be Honored at 21st Lombardi Gala
October 17, 2006
GUMC to Host First-Ever Regional Childhood Cancer Survivors Conference
October 10, 2006
Inaugural Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD, Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women's Health Given
October 10, 2006
Treat the Woman, Not Her Age:Older Women and Breast Cancer
October 2, 2006
Hold the Hookah: Researcher Warns Against Trendy Tobacco Use
September 29, 2006
GUMC Leads Effort to Study Safety of 'Alternative' Tobacco Products
September 20, 2006
Community Outreach and Preventive Education Are Top Priorities for New Head of Capital Breast Care Center
September 18, 2006
GUMC Announces Appointment of Dr. Albert Fornace, Jr.
September 13, 2006
Lombardi Social Worker Wins WOW Award from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
September 1, 2006
musiKares Donates CDs and CD Players to Arts & Humanities Program
September 1, 2006
Nobel Laureate Addresses Lombardi Faculty
August 30, 2006
Free Prostate Cancer Screening Offered
August 15, 2006
$6.5 Million Gift to Establish Hereditary Cancer Center at Georgetown University
August 15, 2006
Light Therapy Simplifies Disease Treatment For GI Patients
August 10, 2006
Georgetown University Medical Center Hosts Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour
July 31, 2006
GUMC Research Leads to Cancer Vaccine
June 8, 2006
New Understanding of Ewing's Sarcoma Suggests Novel Treatment Strategy
June 1, 2006
Georgetown Physician Appointed US Director of International Cancer Network
May 18, 2006
Drug Discovery Expert Joins GUMC
May 9, 2006
Lombardi Researchers and Physicians Help Launch First-Ever District Cancer Control Plan
April 19, 2006
Amey Distinguished Professorship Established for Neuro-Oncology and Childhood Cancer Research Program
April 12, 2006
CyberKnife Zaps More Tumors in Hard to Reach Places as GUH Docs Pioneer New Techniques
March 10, 2006
Liver Cancer New Target of Cyberknife Study
February 17, 2006
Research: Veggies May Protect Against Cancer
February 9, 2006
BRCA1 Gene Found to Inhibit Two Sex Hormones, Not Just One
January 26, 2006
Pillcam for the Esophagus: Is Your Heartburn Killing You?
January 15, 2006
National Fundraising Tour Stops at Georgetown to Capture Handprints of Local Children With Cancer
October 18, 2005
Researchers Find Defects in Adult Stem Cell Niche May Cause Breast Cancer
October 3, 2005
