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GUMC Study Finds New Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer in Mice, Moves to Clinical Trial

GUMC Study Finds New Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer in Mice, Moves to Clinical Trial

By Taylor Young February 15, 2024

Georgetown University researchers have begun a clinical trial for a new pancreatic cancer treatment that they found successful in mice, Georgetown University Medical Center announced Feb. 2. Dr. Louis...

Oncology Professor Presents on Exercise and Weight Loss in Breast Cancer Prevention in Black Women

Oncology Professor Presents on Exercise and Weight Loss in Breast Cancer Prevention in Black Women

By Anna Tsioulias February 8, 2024

The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted a presentation on the importance of exercise and weight loss in breast cancer prevention on Feb. 1.  The event, part of a monthly Grand Rounds lecture...

Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative Hosts Health Equity in Cancer Care Seminar

Georgetown Lombardi Survivorship Research Initiative Hosts Health Equity in Cancer Care Seminar

By Taylor Young January 17, 2024

A professor and cancer expert presented a talk on equity in cancer treatment at Georgetown University on Jan. 12. The Georgetown Survivorship Research Initiative hosted Dr. Cardinale Smith, Chief Medical...

Bark Tank finalist Enna Health, co-founded by Nirmal Maitra (NHS ’17, MED ’25), received $5,000 for the companys new app, which helps cancer patients log treatment-related symptoms and share this information with doctors.

Science Spotlight: Bark Tank Finalist Enna Health Wins $5,000 to Support Cancer Patients

By Riya Sanghavi November 15, 2023

Nirmal Maitra (NHS ’17, MED ’25), a third-year medical student, received $5,000 for his health startup, Enna Health, as a finalist in Bark Tank, Georgetown University’s annual pitch competition...

MCGRAIL: Searching for God in Adversity

MCGRAIL: Searching for God in Adversity

By Lily McGrail February 3, 2019

When I was six years old, I was over the moon when my parents surprised me with a trip to Disney World. However, this trip to Disney marked the beginning of my wavering faith in God. I was raised in...

VIEWPOINT: Prioritize Health, End Corp Tobacco Sales

By Casey Kozak October 19, 2018

The harmful effects of tobacco, as well as the addictive nature of nicotine, have been known since the early 1950s. The danger of second-hand smoke has been clear since the ’90s. Yet Georgetown University...

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 Identifies Cancer Genes

By Caroline Welch March 25, 2014

Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified an assembly of 55 genes, related with low levels or impairment of a certain protein, which could predict poorer prognoses...

Despite Shortcomings, Relay Still Saves Lives

By Michelle Dailey March 25, 2014

No one will deny that recently, there has been a slump in funds raised for Georgetown’s annual Relay for Life event that benefits the American Cancer Society. It has been cited frequently by The Hoya...

Cancer’s Mental Strain

By Copy Chief and Brandi Streauslin February 11, 2014

Critics, including a number of self-proclaimed feminists, have questioned the effectiveness and integrity of a recent Facebook campaign to raise consciousness about National Breast Cancer Awareness Month....

Relay for Life Kicks Off With Columnist

By Molly Simio February 9, 2014

New York Times columnist Suleika Jaouad shared her experience as a young adult battling cancer at the 2014 American Cancer Society Relay for Life Kickoff on Wednesday evening. Jaouad was diagnosed...

Walking for a Cause: BCAN 2013

Walking for a Cause: BCAN 2013

By KP and KP May 1, 2013

On May 4, 2013, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) – the first national organization dedicated to advocating bladder cancer research, support and education – will be holding a series of nationwide...

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