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MSNBC did a segment on the importance of patient navigators, referencing a 2012 study from the GW Cancer Institute stating that women who used navigation services received potentially life-saving diagnosis much faster than those who did not.

Addressing the GWU medical community, Julie Silver, M.D., assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, discussed the importance of cancer rehabilitation, specifically its role in the cancer care continuum, during a conference hosted by the GW Cancer…

For the third consecutive year, supporters of the George Washington University Cancer Institute pounded the pavement throughout Washington, D.C., as participants of the 37th annual Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 28.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 16, 2012) – The GW Cancer Institute (GWCI) was awarded a $500,000 grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to increase access to survivorship care for D.C.-area breast cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment.

The George Washington Cancer Institute will be collaborating with the National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union to create a program that will promote patient-centered care practices for cancer survivors.

In many ways, patient navigation has gotten ahead of itself. The relatively modern profession has grown so widely and rapidly that patient navigators now vary in education, skill set, role, responsibility, and even name.

Braving morning temperatures below 40 degrees and a freak blast of winter weather the day before, a team of 61 George Washington University alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends joined more than 21,000 others to run in the 36th Annual Marine Corps Marathon and the Marine Corps 10-kilometer…

Christie Teal, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and director of the GW Breast Care Center, arrived at the Center’s annual luncheon, Oct 20, with a newly cropped hairdo.

The GW Cancer Institute's Survivor's Map, an online resource for adult survivors of pediatric cancer, was featured in an article in Cure, a magazine for cancer patients, survivors, and care givers. It is the largest consumer magazine in the U.S. focused entirely on cancer.

One day, it will all be over, thought Lauren Antognoli when she was 17 years old and undergoing treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma.