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A decade after treatment, Penn highlights the importance of ongoing care, lifestyle choices, and community-based resources at the GW Cancer Prevention and Wellness Center in life after cancer.
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The good news? When detected early through screening, it's highly treatable, and many cases can be prevented entirely.
Researchers at the GW Cancer Center are combining artificial intelligence, genomics, and large-scale biomedical data to uncover how cancer begins. And how treatments can be better tailored to each patient.
If you’ve ever gone to bed feeling exhausted — only to lie awake staring at the ceiling, you’re not alone. For many people, better sleep doesn’t start at bedtime. It starts with how (and when) you wind down.
Sleep plays an important role in your immune system, brain health, hormones, and long-term well-being. Here are some realistic steps that (actually) help.
GW Cancer Center colorectal surgeon Matthew Ng, MD, is helping set the record straight about common myths surrounding colorectal cancer. Separating fact from fiction, he explains how colonoscopy can detect precancerous polyps, making colorectal cancer one of the most preventable cancers.
Cancer doesn’t just change life for the person in treatment. It reshapes routines, roles, finances, relationships, and the emotional weather of a whole household. In the middle of all of it, caregivers show up — again and again — to drive to appointments, manage meds, track symptoms, advocate in…
For many patients, the cancer journey begins with uncertainty.
A new diagnosis. A referral. A series of appointments that quickly become overwhelming. Questions build faster than answers, and even the next step can feel unclear.
At the GW Cancer Center, Janelle Williams helps bring…
The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center and School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) have established the James D. Ahlgren Oncology Award, a new funding opportunity created to support residents and fellows pursuing careers in oncology and related fields.
You don’t need an expensive gym membership to be active. In communities East of the River, there are plenty of ways to move it, move it! Here, we list free resources in Wards 7 and 8.