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This May, we recognize the incredible oncology nurses at the GW Cancer Center. Your compassion, strength, and unwavering commitment make a profound difference in the lives of patients and families facing cancer. We celebrate your role as caregivers, advocates, and healers. From providing expert…
Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH is director of the GW Cancer Center as well as associate dean of cancer and professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Immunotherapy is one of the most transformative advancements in cancer care today. Unlike chemotherapy or radiation, which work by directly killing cancer cells, immunotherapy strengthens or modifies the body’s own immune system so that it can detect and destroy cancer cells. It represents a major…
Y. Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH, is an endowed professor (with tenure) in Health Policy and the Associate Dean for Health Policy and Population Science at the George Washington University School of Nursing.
Sherrie Flynt Wallington, PhD, is a tenured professor and health disparities researcher specializing in oncology in the Policy, Populations and Systems department.
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain cancer in adults. Even with treatment, just over 6 percent of patients survive five years or more. But there's good news: GW Cancer Center researchers are bringing hope for more precise, less invasive, and more effective treatments.
Sharad Goyal and Christina Puchalski were honored for their groundbreaking contributions to advancing cancer treatment and spiritual care in clinical medicine.
From GW Magazine, a Q & A with GW Cancer Center Director Julie Bauman on the greatest advances in cancer treatment and what she envisions for the future of the center.
The Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center was established in 2009 by a generous $10 million dollar charitable contribution from Dr. Cyrus Katzen and his wife, Myrtle.
Dr. Prashanth Ashok Kumar is a Board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist who specializes in thoracic oncology, neuro-oncology, and sarcomas. He also manages patients with a wide variety of cancers and blood disorders. After receiving his medical degree from P.S.G.