Ralph Lauren, Georgetown University open DC cancer prevention center
WASHINGTON (7News) — A new cancer prevention center is open in Navy Yard.
The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation is working with Georgetown University to provide services at the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention. The facility takes the place of Capital Breast Care Center on New Jersey Avenue Southeast.
Services will include prevention for all cancers with a focus on Washington, D.C.'s underserved communities in Wards 6, 7 and 8.
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Although the center is West of the Anacostia, it is near a metro stop and bus line. The center also has a van that can be used to pickup and drop off patients.
“Here, we’re moving the needle to the left, earlier detection, making certain that people are screened in a timely fashion so that if they’re diagnosed with cancer, it doesn’t become 'The Big C' it becomes the 'little c.' You’re diagnosed with cancer yet, you’re gonna live," said Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell, founding director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention. "So living with cancer is what we’re promoting. You live with cancer if you’re diagnosed early enough.”
The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation is pledging $25 million to open five new centers across the country like the D.C. location.
The center will also expand access to cancer treatment clinical trials and help connect patients with doctors and area hospitals.
