Georgetown Lombardi establishes Institute for Cancer and Aging

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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has established the Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging. 

The mission of GLICA is to apply knowledge about aging across the life span to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families and achieve equity in cancer outcomes. 

Jeanne Mandelblatt, a pioneer of gero-oncology, was the inaugural GLICA director.

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