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.
One of Eleanor Scott Bell's earliest memories is of picking tobacco to supplement the family income. They were a family of nine with a large extended family — part of the Lumbee Tribe of NC, "People of the Dark Water."
John Strickler, MD, and team's milestone work on the clinical trial "MOUNTAINEER" has led to the first FDA-approved treatment regimen for HER2+ metastatic colorectal cancer.
DCI radiation oncologist Christine Eyler, MD, PhD, was awarded an NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award for rectal cancer and chemo-radiotherapy research.
Clinical providers, researchers, staff & health leaders came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (now DCI).
DCI COEE hosts a virtual event in Spanish on "The Importance of Screening for Colon Cancer" in partnership with LATIN-19 and Durham County Public HealthDept.
Watch "Preventing Stomach & Colon Cancers" presented by The Gut Patrol, The Connection Place, Inc., the North Carolina Society of Gastroenterology, & DCI COEE doctors.
The V Foundation's Victory Ride to Cure Cancer was back as a LIVE cycling event and celebration, Aug. 28. Team DCI "virtual" and in-person riders raised more than $20K.
Speakers at the community event features an OHE patient navigator, Duke GI physician, & the dir. of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable – Colorectal Cancer Interventions.
Tristan Evans walked around his neighborhood with his daughter Janelle for colon cancer awareness. Dozens social-distanced for the March 21 Duke CRUSH 5K.
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.
DCI researchers have observed how stem cell mutations quietly arise and spread throughout a widening field of the colon until they eventually predominate and become a malignancy.
ICYMI the AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) presented a two-part webinar series on hereditary cancer programs and cancer risk assessment.
Overall cancer mortality continues to decline. A special section on adults ages 20 to 49 shows higher cancer incidence and mortality for women than men.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in men and in women and the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. says the Ame...
Slaughter, 68, is no stranger to the oncology treatment floor, where he spends four hours a week greeting patients with hot cocoa, warm blankets and often, a hug.
Friends Tina Escalona and Jack Walker have supported each other through their cancer journeys and believe it's their mission to help others with the disease.
When Duke Cancer Institute researcher Christopher Pirozzi, PhD, was an intern doing stem cell research in Australia, he spotted a child’s mobile of a ...
From cancer diagnosis, through treatment, recovery and survivorship, Ryan Switzer hasn’t stopped raising awareness and funds to ensure that others rec...
The 2015 CRUSH Colorectal Cancer 5K and Fun Walk, held March 14 at the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, attracted almost 500 participants and raised ...
Husband and father-of-three Andy Riley, 42, was diagnosed with stage 2 rectal cancer in May 2017. Valentine’s Day this year was the one-year anniversa...
Duke Retiree-Turned-Cancer-Survivor Brings New Meaning to ServicePlenty busy with fishing, golfing and grandchildren, Jim Slaughter, a Duke retiree, d...
Preliminary results of a four-year study led by Duke Cancer Institute clinical psychologist Tamara Somers, PhD, appear to conclude that, when delivere...
The treatment of colon cancer has improved considerably in the past decade, but there are many cases of colon cancer in which the available chemothera...
The Duke Cancer Institute Gastrointestinal Cancer disease group is ready to deliver another CRUSHing blow to colorectal cancer. Having raised a record...
Greenwood, South Carolina, native Tina Escalona, was young — only 45 years-old — when she was diagnosed with rectal cancer. The average age of diagnos...
Members of the Duke Cancer Institute Gastrointestinal Cancer disease group is ready to deliver another CRUSHing blow to colorectal cancer as they prep...
On Wednesday, March 4, Caitlin Knute, co-anchor for the ABC11 Eyewitness News weekend morning newscasts, visited the Duke Cancer Center to speak with ...
A bacterium known for causing stomach cancer might also increase the risk of certain colorectal cancers, particularly among African Americans, accordi...
Patz's Human-Derived Antibody Treatment Moves Forward With Boost from NCI and Manufacturing Agreement Grid Therapeutics, LLC, a new start-up company l...
About a thousand people and 50 plus dogs rose early on Saturday morning, March 24, to attend an unseasonably cold CRUSH Colorectal Cancer 5K and Fun W...
The 2017 CRUSH Colorectal Cancer 5K and Fun Walk, held March 25 in Downtown Durham, attracted more than 1,000 participants and raised a record $102,27...
Join us at facebook.com/dukecancerinstitute on Wednesday, May 1, at noon for a live panel discussion featuring cancer survivor and cycling enthusiast ...