Cancer
A team of researchers at GW Cancer Center found that T-cells lacking in the HDAC11 enzyme performed better in attacking cancer tumor cells. This research highlights the importance of treating HDAC11 as an immunotherapeutic target.
Allison Harvey, MPH, CHES, senior manager of healthcare professional education at the Institute for Patient-Centered Initiatives and Health Equity and Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, director of the Institute for Patient-Centered Initiatives and Health Equity and associate center director for the GW…
Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology, was quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek in an article about an artificial intelligence algorithm using Google's image search to diagnose skin cancer.
Eduardo Sotomayor, MD, director of the GW Cancer Center, published research looking at the development of resistance to Ibrutinib, a drug used to treat patients suffering with mantle cell lymphoma.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, co-authored an article for Conquer about developing a plan for patients in the posttreatment phase of survivorship.
Anelia Horvath, Ph.D., associate research professor of pharmacology & physiology, published research in the New England Journal of Medicine finding that some women with BRCA 1/2 genetic mutations also have the co-occurrence of a rare COMT genetic variant.
Elizabeth Tanzi, M.D., associate clinical professor of dermatology, was quoted in an Allure article about the rise of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
Rachel Brem, M.D., professor of radiology, was interviewed for the WJLA-ABC7 segment about the diagnosis of "stage zero" breast cancer.
Salem Noureldine, M.D., a first-year resident in the Department of General Surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was a member of the team that developed a consensus statement addressing the surgical guidelines for managing regional metastases in thyroid…
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Dermatology hosted a free skin cancer screening on Thursday, May 4, during Skin Cancer Awareness Month.