Cancer

The GW Cancer Institute, the patient-centered care and health equity arm of the newly established GW Cancer Center, was presented with a $100,000 check from The Avon Foundation for Women at the AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer closing ceremonies in Washington, D.C.

Experts from GW, as well as the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health, presented on HIV/AIDS and cancer research at the inaugural Scientific Symposium on Viruses and Cancer.

Area clinicians joined GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) faculty, alumni, and residents to hear Edward “Ted” Schaeffer, M.D., Ph.D., present a pair of keynote addresses during the third annual Harry C. Miller Visiting Professorship Symposium and Awards Luncheon, March 19, 2016.

Eduardo Sotomayor, M.D., and Edward Seto, Ph.D., discuss advancements in cancer therapies at the Dec. 1 lecture of the Frontiers in Medicine series.

Eduardo M. Sotomayor, M.D., discussed the need for cancer research to focus on prevention and early detection.  

Congratulations to Mandi Pratt-Chapman, M.A., director of the GW Cancer Institute, who was chosen as a Young World Cancer Leader (under 40) by the Union for International Cancer Control. 

GW physicians presented on pancreatic, breast, and colon cancers at the Oct. 14 event.

Robert Kaiser, M.D., associate professor of medicine, authored a letter-to-the-editor in The New York Times on Jimmy Carter's inspiring approach to cancer.

Neal Sikka, M.D., director of the Section of Innovative Practice and associate professor of emergency medicine, helped launch the app HerStory, which provides a platform for women affected by breast cancer and mastectomy to share their stories and give emotional support to other patients.

Alexandros Tzatsos, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, was awarded over one million dollars in grants from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular foundations of pancreatic cancer.