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The GW Cancer Center is pleased to welcome a team of internationally-recognized experts who together will lead the expanded Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Program.

Catherine Bollard, MD, has been appointed as the associate center director for translational research and innovation.

Sharad Goyal, MD, professor of radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is tapping into this topic as the co-author/editor of “Precision Radiation Oncology," a book demystifying new technologies and methods in the field of precision medicine.

Researchers from the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center recently participated in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting held June 1-5, 2018 in Chicago.

Punam Thakkar, MD, discusses the rising prevalence of oropharyngeal cancer related to HPV (human papillomavirus), including the growing incidence in younger, healthier populations.

Lynt Johnson, MD, discusses the prevalence of pancreatic cancer in Western nations as opposed to Eastern countries, specifically the 30,000 diagnoses that arise each year in the United States.

A team led by Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center and Eduardo M. Sotomayor, MD, director of the GW Cancer Center, received a 2018 Education Research Grant Award from the…

Research published in Cancer Cell by George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center researcher Alexandros Tzatsos, MD, PhD, found an important connection between the KDM6A gene and the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer.

Researchers from the GW Cancer Center will participate and present posters at the AACR Annual Meeting held April 14-18.

Lorien Abroms, ScD, associate professor of prevention and community health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at GW, has been named interim associate center director for population sciences and policy at the GW Cancer Center.