Press Releases

WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2018) - A team from the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center has engineered a nanoimmunotherapy that combines the advantages of nanotechnology and immunotherapy to treat cancer.

The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center is pleased to announce that Vishal A. Patel MD, FAAD, FACMS, an accomplished Mohs/Dermatologic surgeon and cutaneous oncologist, has joined the GW Cancer Center. He will serve as the director of the recently established Cutaneous Oncology Program…

WASHINGTON (Oct. 31, 2018) - Due to their broad antitumor activity that inhibits the function of microtubules, taxanes are common chemotherapeutic agents utilized for the management of multiple cancer types from breast to prostate.

Adam Friedman, MD, is the senior author of a study on the efficacy of nanoparticles in therapies for triple-negative breast cancer.

WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2018) - Rong Li, PhD, will serve as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

A study led by Paul Brindley, PhD, is looking at the cellular link between liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma.

Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, was awarded a prestigious grant from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

A team at the GW Cancer Center will study the role of the COMPASS complex in the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer.

WASHINGTON (July 27, 2018) -- The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital), in conjunction with The GW Cancer Center, has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening.

Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, received the 2018 Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons for his work in immunotherapies for patients with advanced cancer.