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building with triangle roof and sign reading "Gibson Cancer Center, Southeastern Health"
When Eleanor Scott Bell needed cancer care her doctor sent her to see Duke Cancer Network doctors at Gibson Cancer Center in Lumberton, close to where she grew up as a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, "People of the Dark Water."
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Duke Cancer Institute Blog
Collaboration between Bishop Ronald Godbee and DCI epidemiologist Meira Epplein, PhD, MS, MA
Collaboration between Bishop Ronald Godbee and DCI epidemiologist Meira Epplein, PhD, MS, MA, began in 2018 when Epplein tested 92 of Bishops congregants at Durham's The River Church for the presence of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). H pylori is a bacteria that puts Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American people at a higher risk for stomach cancer. Now, Bishop Godbee and Dr. Epplein are raising awareness together in a new video about the importance of testing.
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Duke Health Blog