Latest news from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/increasing-use-and-awareness-of-oral-nicotine-pouches-detailed/?sc=rsin /articles/increasing-use-and-awareness-of-oral-nicotine-pouches-detailed/?sc=rsin Sun, 16 Jun 2024 20:05:00 EST A rigorous, comprehensive synthesis of evidence from 62 studies related to the use of oral nicotine pouches by Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists and colleagues provides a much-needed assessment of how these products could lead to potential harmful consequences if used by young people. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/addressing-cancer-screening-behaviors-in-the-muslim-community-in-washington/?sc=rsin /articles/addressing-cancer-screening-behaviors-in-the-muslim-community-in-washington/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:05:51 EST An important study has revealed crucial insights into the cancer screening behaviors of Muslims in the Washington, D.C., area, highlighting the influence of cultural and religious beliefs on health practices. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/experimental-therapy-shows-promise-in-pancreatic-cancer-clinical-trial/?sc=rsin /articles/experimental-therapy-shows-promise-in-pancreatic-cancer-clinical-trial/?sc=rsin Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:00:00 EST Clinicians at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center reported promising preliminary findings based on outcomes in the first six patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial of the experimental drug BXCL701 in combination with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda). Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/the-aspirin-conundrum-navigating-negative-results-age-aging-dynamics-and-equity/?sc=rsin /articles/the-aspirin-conundrum-navigating-negative-results-age-aging-dynamics-and-equity/?sc=rsin Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:00 EST A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention trials, say researchers from Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/computer-models-fill-critical-knowledge-gaps-to-help-reduce-cancer-disparities/?sc=rsin /articles/computer-models-fill-critical-knowledge-gaps-to-help-reduce-cancer-disparities/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:05:00 EST Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to new, wide-ranging perspectives from researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues around the country. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/georgetown-announces-new-ralph-lauren-center-for-cancer-prevention-to-address-health-disparities-in-washington-d-c/?sc=rsin /articles/georgetown-announces-new-ralph-lauren-center-for-cancer-prevention-to-address-health-disparities-in-washington-d-c/?sc=rsin Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:00:14 EST Center to provide comprehensive patient navigation services and educational programming to southeast Washington, D.C., where these services have been historically lacking. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/study-finds-relationship-between-discrimination-and-frailty-in-black-cancer-survivors/?sc=rsin /articles/study-finds-relationship-between-discrimination-and-frailty-in-black-cancer-survivors/?sc=rsin Mon, 20 Mar 2023 03:05:00 EST Discrimination experienced by Black people can affect their health and increase their frailty, which can be particularly impactful for cancer survivors, according to a new study by researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. The researchers assessed frailty by a number of factors, including whether a participant had several chronic diseases, poor muscle strength and difficulty performing activities of daily living. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/women-with-elevated-breast-cancer-risk-could-see-mortality-benefit-from-estrogen-blocking-drugs/?sc=rsin /articles/women-with-elevated-breast-cancer-risk-could-see-mortality-benefit-from-estrogen-blocking-drugs/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:05:36 EST While it has long been recognized that drugs that block the cancer-promoting activity of estrogen reduce risk of developing new breast cancers, a new computer modeling study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues showed that these treatments could also reduce the risk of dying from the disease in women who are at high risk. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/advanced-melanoma-survival-improves-significantly-when-immunotherapy-is-given-before-targeted-therapy/?sc=rsin /articles/advanced-melanoma-survival-improves-significantly-when-immunotherapy-is-given-before-targeted-therapy/?sc=rsin Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:00:00 EST A clinical trial led by clinicians at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center showed a remarkable 20 percent advantage in the two-year overall survival rate for people with advanced melanoma who first received immunotherapy (72 percent survival rate) versus those who initially got targeted therapies (52 percent survival rate). Progression-free survival, where the cancer is stable or improving, was also trending in favor of those who started on immunotherapy. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/starting-mammography-at-age-40-would-reduce-disparities-in-deaths-for-black-women/?sc=rsin /articles/starting-mammography-at-age-40-would-reduce-disparities-in-deaths-for-black-women/?sc=rsin Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:00:00 EST If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later -- as is currently recommended by some organizations -- according to analyses conducted by a modeling team that is part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), funded by the National Cancer Institute. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/small-numbers-of-cells-in-a-tumor-could-be-key-enablers-of-cancer-metastasis/?sc=rsin /articles/small-numbers-of-cells-in-a-tumor-could-be-key-enablers-of-cancer-metastasis/?sc=rsin Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:00:00 EST Just a small number of cells found in tumors can enable and recruit other types of cells nearby, allowing the cancer to spread to other parts of the body, report Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists. Working with their research collaborators, the scientists found that 'enabler cells' comprise about 20 percent or less of the cells in an aggressive tumor; their small numbers may account for why they are often missed when bulk tissue analyses are used to inform therapeutic decisions. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/gut-bacteria-may-be-one-culprit-for-increase-of-colorectal-cancer-in-younger-people/?sc=rsin /articles/gut-bacteria-may-be-one-culprit-for-increase-of-colorectal-cancer-in-younger-people/?sc=rsin Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:00:00 EST A bacteria typically linked to periodontal disease, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nuc), could play an important role in the rising incidence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of 45. Another type of bacteria, Moraxella osloensis, has been found in colorectal cancer tumors at a nearly four-fold higher rate in people over 75 than in those under 45 years of age, pointing out how differences in the bacteria that comprise what is known as the body's microbiome could affect cancer outcomes to varying degrees. These are the preliminary findings of an ongoing study that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco from January 23-25, 2020. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/new-drug-prevents-liver-damage-obesity-and-glucose-intolerance-in-mice-on-high-fat-diet/?sc=rsin /articles/new-drug-prevents-liver-damage-obesity-and-glucose-intolerance-in-mice-on-high-fat-diet/?sc=rsin Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:50:18 EST Mice given a new drug targeting a key gene involved in lipid and glucose metabolism could tolerate a high-fat diet regimen (composed of 60% fat from lard) without developing significant liver damage, becoming obese, or disrupting their body's glucose balance. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/palbociclib-is-safe-for-women-with-advanced-breast-cancer-who-have-unique-gene-alteration/?sc=rsin /articles/palbociclib-is-safe-for-women-with-advanced-breast-cancer-who-have-unique-gene-alteration/?sc=rsin Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:05:47 EST When FDA approved palbociclib (Ibrance (r)), there was very little data about the safety of this drug in people with benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN), which is common in women of color. Some of these women didn't qualify for the clinical trials because of the required blood count, which is lower in women with BEN. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/brain-studies-show-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-gulf-war-illness-are-distinct-conditions/?sc=rsin /articles/brain-studies-show-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-gulf-war-illness-are-distinct-conditions/?sc=rsin Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:00:00 EST Gulf War Illness (GWI) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) share symptoms of disabling fatigue, pain, systemic hyperalgesia (tenderness), negative emotion, sleep and cognitive dysfunction that are made worse after mild exertion (postexertional malaise). Now, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have evidence, derived from human brain studies, that GWI and CFS are two distinct disorders that affect the brain in opposing ways. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/aggressive-form-of-breast-cancer-influenced-by-dual-action-of-genes-and-rna/?sc=rsin /articles/aggressive-form-of-breast-cancer-influenced-by-dual-action-of-genes-and-rna/?sc=rsin Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:05:00 EST Women with an aggressive, less-common type of breast cancer, known as triple-negative, versus a more common form of the disease, could be differentiated from each other by a panel of 17 small RNA molecules that are directly influenced by genetic alterations typically found in cancer cells. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/georgetown-offers-multiple-clinical-trials-for-people-with-lewy-body-dementia/?sc=rsin /articles/georgetown-offers-multiple-clinical-trials-for-people-with-lewy-body-dementia/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:05:47 EST Georgetown University Medical Center, a Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) Association Research Center of Excellence, is now offering three clinical trials to study new treatments for LBD, a disease often confused with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/georgetown-tobacco-control-expert-outlines-motivations-of-altria-juul-deal-and-its-public-health-impact/?sc=rsin /articles/georgetown-tobacco-control-expert-outlines-motivations-of-altria-juul-deal-and-its-public-health-impact/?sc=rsin Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:00:00 EST The pending deal for Altria to purchase 35% of Juul Labs should serve as a "wake-up call" for the careful monitoring of competition in the nicotine delivery market, and for evaluating how regulations and policies impact cigarette and non-cigarette firms selling alternative nicotine delivery products, says a Georgetown University professor. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/revealing-the-molecular-engine-that-drives-pancreatic-cancer-provides-ways-to-turn-it-off/?sc=rsin /articles/revealing-the-molecular-engine-that-drives-pancreatic-cancer-provides-ways-to-turn-it-off/?sc=rsin Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:00:00 EST Researchers have decoded a chain of molecules that are critical for the growth and survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma--the most common and also the most lethal form of pancreatic cancer. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University /articles/bacterial-resistance-to-two-critical-antibiotics-widespread-in-southeast-asia/?sc=rsin /articles/bacterial-resistance-to-two-critical-antibiotics-widespread-in-southeast-asia/?sc=rsin Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:05:36 EST Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a "drug of last resort" when all others fail against some "superbugs," are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, raising the risk of untreatable infections, say a team of investigators led by Georgetown University Medical Center. Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University