Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown Students, Community Cycle for Cancer Research

By Brooke DeLucia October 28, 2022

Georgetown University community members raised over $1 million for cancer research as a part of the inaugural Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer BellRinger race. Over 850 riders across 147 teams...

GUMC Studies Cancer Treatment

By Matthew Larson November 15, 2016

Inflammation can slow the early development of cancers in a protein-producing gene, said Georgetown University Medical Center researchers and alumni who took part in a five-year study published Nov....

Lombardi Begins Cancer Trial

By Emily Tu September 4, 2015

The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital embarked on a nationwide clinical trial Sept. 1 that will compare two melanoma drugs. ECOG-ACRIN Cancer...

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Georgetown’s Lombardi Cancer Center was renewed as the District’s only comprehensive cancer center, also winning a $11.25 million grant for clinical trials, equipment and personnel over five years.

Lombardi Renewed as Top DC Cancer Center

By Suzanne Monyak September 16, 2014

The National Cancer Institute renewed the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s status as Washington, D.C.’s only comprehensive cancer center — a title the center has held for 20 years...

Baseball Goes Bald to Support Cancer Research

By Sydney Winkler March 28, 2014

The Georgetown baseball team will hold its first St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser April 5 to raise money for cancer research. The team has pledged to shave their heads after the second of a three-game...

Partnership Equips Lombardi Cancer Center to Weather Health System Changes

By Emma Iannini April 16, 2013

As part of its effort to expand collaborative research opportunities, the Georgetown University Medical Center’s Lombardi Cancer Center announced a joint partnership with the John Theurer Cancer Center...

Hilltop Researchers Deserve High Praise

By Bill Rebeck March 28, 2013

We don’t much worry about diseases like smallpox or polio or the bubonic plague anymore. These maladies left our lives so long enough ago that we take their disappearance for granted. I’m happy to...

Medical Center Identifies New Tumor Treatment

By Penny Hung October 2, 2012

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified a therapy for a rare type of lung tumor using a new cell technology that allows scientists to test different treatments on individual patients’...

Medical Center Researchers Receive Two Pilot Grants

By Kendra Jones September 17, 2010

The Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research recently awarded two $20,000 pilot grants for research on cancer to Georgetown University Medical Center professors Peter Shields and Mitchell...

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