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When Micael Lopez-Acevedo, MD, stepped back onto the George Washington University (GW) campus, it felt like a return to familiar ground. Years earlier, he had been part of the GW Cancer Center community, working closely with faculty, trainees, and researchers. Now, as the new Division Director…
From her father’s illness to groundbreaking clinical trials, Dr. Nagla Karim joins GW with a mission to advance lung cancer treatment and compassionate, whole-person care.
When actor and long-time television doctor James Pickens Jr. stepped into his own physician’s shoes, he faced a reality familiar to many men: a prostate cancer diagnosis. After decades playing Dr. Richard Webber on Grey’s Anatomy, he learned that his personal risk, shaped by family history and…
Every year, thousands of women make an appointment for a mammogram, taking an important step to protect their health. According to Sora Ely, MD, a thoracic surgeon at the GW Cancer Center, that same visit is also an opportunity to discuss lung cancer screening.
With a six-year F99/K00 award from the National Cancer Institute, Trace Walker investigates how hidden regions of the genome — called transposable elements — could make ovarian tumors more visible to the immune system and open new doors for treatment.
When Emily Chiang scheduled her annual mammogram in December 2020, she expected it to be like every other year — quick, routine, and reassuring. For more than two decades, she had faithfully visited the GW Medical Faculty Associates Breast Imaging Center, always leaving with a clean bill of…
Scientists uncover how the And-1 protein helps repair UVB-induced DNA damage, offering insights into skin cancer prevention.
Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH, and Sharad Goyal, MD, were among 100 physicians and researchers selected as the 2025 recipients of the Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO) designation.
In the fight against ovarian cancer, one of the biggest challenges is invisibility. The body’s immune system, usually a vigilant defender, often fails to recognize ovarian tumor cells as dangerous. That’s where GW Cancer Center researcher Kevin Nestler, a PhD candidate in the Chiappinelli Lab,…
After discovering a lump at age 39, Kia Toye turned to the George Washington University Cancer Center, where expert care, faith, and resilience helped her confront breast cancer, loss, and recurrence with courage and purpose.