Duke Cancer Center COEE

Community Outreach and Engagement

Our mission is to reduce the cancer burden in our catchment area, with a focus on increasing community involvement in clinical trials and promoting community-engaged research.

Goals and Aims

Discover

Study nature, scope, severity and determinants of cancer affecting patients in the DCI catchment

  • Examine key risk factors (molecular, social, epidemiologic, environmental, policy)
  • Make new discoveries in novel therapy

Disseminate

Increase awareness through community outreach activities and education

  • Multi-directional education with community, scientists, and policy maker
  • Develop locally relevant solutions to challenges 

Impact

Build partnerships to develop interventions 

  • Reduce known cancer risk factors
  • Increase screening and early detection
  • Remove access barriers to genetic/genomic testing and clinical trials
  • Improve access to primary care and post-treatment supportive care

Our Patient Population – DCI Catchment Area

Among oncology patients, about 0-60% come from central North Carolina and up to 90% come from more than 250 miles away.

Most DCI patients are from Durham, Wake, and Orange counties in North Carolina. The catchment area includes the following counties in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. About 15-25% of patients live further than 200 miles from Durham, NC.

67 North Carolina Counties

Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford. Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin

32 Virginia Counties and 4 Independent Cities

Wythe, Carroll, Pulaski, Giles, Montgomery, Floyd, Patrick, Henry, Franklin, Roanoke, Botetourt, Bedford, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Halifax, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, Brunswick, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greensville, Nottoway, Amelia, Dinwiddie, Sussex, Southhampton, Prince George, Chesterfield, and Henrico

Radford City, Colonial Heights City, Hopewell City, Franklin City

6 South Carolina Counties

Lancaster, Darlington, Marion, Marlboro, Dillon, and Chesterfield

Consultations

Contact us for a consultation to provide information and assistance on the best approaches to recruit the community into cancer research. 

To request a consultation or for additional questions, email us at dcicoe@dm.duke.edu.

Contact Us

To help us better understand your needs, please complete the following questions and provide a brief description of your project. This intake form should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. You can also email us at dcicoe@dm.duke.edu.

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This page was reviewed on 09/15/2023