prostate cancer

The DCI COEE presented, with Duke and community partners, the annual Men's Health Screening event at Lincoln Community Health Center & Duke Primary Care Croasdaile.

New research from Dan George, MD, & team emphasizes the importance of diversity in clinical trials after finding a particular drug combo was more successful in Black men.

A biomarker developed with digitalized pathology and AI identified which men treated with radiation for high-risk localized prostate cancer could benefit with short-term drug treatment.

Study results set the stage for use of a liquid biopsy of circulating tumor cells to help identify men who could benefit from PSMA-targeted therapy.

DCI is among the first in the nation to offer a targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy for men with advanced prostate cancer that's progressed on other treatments.

Retired Colonel and DCI member Judd Moul, MD, has been named to receive a Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Urological Association.

Learn how the Precision Cancer Medicine Initiative is advancing research, extending lives, and breaking down barriers to access.

A family history of cancer and genetic variants that might be inherited appear to be important risk factors for Black men diagnosed with early-onset prostate cancer.

DCI biostatistician and professor Susan Halabi, PhD, received, from the University of Alabama, an award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences.

The DCI COEE program partnered with the national Prostate Health Education Network and Durham County Public Health in this community conversation held Sept. 13.

The Division of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotheranostics was named a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence; one of only 14 in the U.S.

The DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers invites the community to an educational symposium and their 4th Tackle Cancer Tailgate on Sept.16 and 17.

Donor support is helping more men receive screening, education, and follow-up care to detect and treat prostate cancer earlier, when it's more curable. 

Biostatistician Susan Halabi, PhD, presented at ASCO the results of her PCF-funded study that may ultimately help speed treatments to patients.

Join us at Lincoln Community Health Center (Sat.) and Duke Primary Care Croasdaile (Sun.) for the return of DCI's Men's Health Screening event.

Donald McDonnell, PhD, associate director for Translational Research, DCI, receives prestigious St. Patrick's Day Irish science medal for contributions to academia and industry.

Duke Cancer Institute researchers Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, Brant Inman, MD, and Qing Cheng, PhD, have identified a molecular signature that can spot aggressive cells.

Furong Huang PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Wang Lab, received a Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program Early Investigator Award.

Having a relationship with your doctor matters, accordng to patient Art Cain.

Join us for an educational symposium on prostate and urologic cancers on Nov. 5 & the return of the Tackle Cancer Tailgate on Nov. 6.

On Sept. 14, the DCI Office of Health Equity hosted "Barbershop Talk—  Let's Have a Man to Man Discussion About Prostate Cancer."

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced on May 4 that the European Commission has approved enzalutamide for adult men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Enrolling a large number of Black men, Duke researchers found potential new paths for improved studies and treatments.

DCI faculty Daniel George, MD, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

This OHE-hosted talk featured director of the Patierno/George/Freedman Lab Jennifer Freedman, PhD, and postdocs Tyler Allen, PhD, and Sean Piwarski, PhD.

Various genetic alterations in circulating tumor cells were associated with clinical outcomes and resistance to hormone therapy in patients with mCRPC.

The finding points toward a new approach that directly targets the cancer’s fuel source.

In the age of Covid, Community Outreach & Engagement at DCI comes of age, team expands with disparities researcher/associate director

In an open letter, the NCCN, ACS, and major U.S. cancer centers, inc. DCI, urge public to resume cancer screening & treatment during pandemic.

As the COVID-19 pandemic shines a light on health disparities, efforts to find new ways to reduce them get a boost.

Susan Halabi, PhD, is co-leading a project to create a large international registry of data from prostate cancer patients treated with various PARP inhibitors.

Kevin Oeffinger, MD, is guest co-editor of a new book covering colorectal, lung, cervical, prostate, skin cancer, and ovarian cancer screening.

DCI pathologist Jung Wook Park, PhD, mentored by Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, and Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, has received a Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award.

Urologist Judd Moul, MD, presented and answered questions at “A No-nonsense Interactive discussion on Active Surveillance and Prostate Cancer."

The DCRI study is the first cardiovascular outcomes trial to compare two different types of cancer treatment.

If mothers, sisters and daughters have a history of breast and ovarian cancers, a man's risk for prostate cancer is also significantly increased.

DCI was invited to join the elite international AACR Project GENIE consortium, whose registry contains clinical-grade cancer genomic sequencing data from nearly 71,000 patients & 80 major cancer types.

Drug tested in lab studies halts cancer cells that are impervious to hormone therapy.

ICYMI the AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) presented a two-part webinar series on hereditary cancer programs and cancer risk assessment.

Andrew Armstrong, MD, found that treatment with enzalutamide and ADT significantly reduced the risk of metastasis or death over time in men with mHSPC.

Deputy Director of Duke Cancer Institute Steven Patierno, PhD, is energized by his decades-long work in cancer control and cancer health disparities.

When Robert “Bob” List, 73, a retired colonel with the U.S. Marine Corps, was diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer, he immediately began to research the “enemy” threat.

Black men are underrepresented in clinical trials for prostate cancer, despite an almost two-fold greater incidence and mortality of disease in black versus white populations.

Dan George, MD, remem­bers one of the first times he helped someone live longer. He was treating a patient with metastatic kidney can­cer.

Five years after surgery to treat prostate cancer, Steele Dewey of Charlotte, North Carolina was told that the cancer had spread. He chose Dan George, MD, at Duke.

When his dad passed away from cancer, Myles Owens IV launched a clothing line in his memory. Part of the proceeds benefit Duke Cancer Institute research.