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A Cure for GI Cancers

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Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are the most common and most fatal of all cancers, yet continue to be dramatically under-funded. This year, 300,000 Americans will be diagnosed with GI cancer and more than 50% will succumb to their disease within five years.

One of the most meaningful gifts you can give cancer patients and their families is hope. Your gift to The Ruesch Center for the Cure of GI Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center will advance the most promising research projects with potential to save lives – and will bring hope to people fighting cancer in our community and around the world.


Agnese Arnold was diagnosed with rectal cancer at the age of 38. Arnold shares her journey with cancer and how it impacted her family and her life.

Community support has a dramatic impact on the lives of people like Agnese and her family, helping us make discoveries through lifesaving research and provide the most effective treatments for patients’ disease.

Ways to Give

Gifts to the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers advance cutting-edge research and make a difference in the lives of patients.

For questions, please contact Kathryn Falato, Director of Development, at 202-687-2738 or kf634@georgetown.edu.


Memorial & Tribute Gifts

Thank you for your interest in supporting The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers. Memorial and Tribute Gifts are a powerful way to honor or remember a loved one, friend, or colleague by supporting The Ruesch Center’s mission to integrate scientific discoveries with a patient-centered philosophy to transform the standard of care.

If you would like to direct family and friends to make gifts to The Ruesch Center in lieu of flowers, the following is suggested wording for an obituary or other tribute:

In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in memory of {deceased name} to support cancer research and patient care at:

The Ruesch Center
Georgetown University
Gift Processing
Department Number 0734
Washington, DC 20073-0734
or on The Ruesch Center website