Treating Colon Cancer — Claudia Acosta

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 race…

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.