colorectal cancer

DCI COEE to present, 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."

DCI and Duke Heart clinicians, the DCI COEE team, and the Quit at Duke team will lead several screening and health education sessions. 

Duke Cancer Institute GI medical oncologist Niharika Mettu, MD, PhD, addresses the rise in colorectal cancer diagnoses in younger people.

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.

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

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.

Duke Cancer Institute member Paul Modrich, PhD, chose Duke in 1976 and the next 46 years was history.

Clinical providers, researchers, staff & health leaders came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (now DCI).

DCI health services researcher Devon Check, PhD, is co-PI on an NIA grant to study risks of co-prescribed opioids & BZDs in older cancer patients.

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 Health Dept.

Beloved co-worker, mother, wife, daughter, friend, and patient-champion, Erin Duffy Wood, has passed away after a 15-year battle with colon cancer.

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.

“I had always considered myself one of the healthiest people I knew ...”

An estimated 10.5% of new diagnoses of colorectal cancer will be in men and women younger than 50. Now there's new screening guidelines.

Speakers at the community event features an OHE patient navigator, Duke GI physician, & the dir. of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable – Colorectal Cancer Interventions.

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.

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

The Durham County CRC Cancer Screening Workgroup/Duke Division of Gastroenterology/DCI awarded "Best Culturally Inclusive Social Media Event.” 

As of September 3, Team DCI topped the leader board with nearly $19,000 raised during the month-long Victory Ride to Cure Cancer.

Medical oncologist John Strickler, MD, and his patient Tom Vibert, a stage 4 colon cancer survivor, talk about the importance of biomarker testing.

Tristan Evans walked around his neighborhood with his daughter Janelle for colon cancer awareness. Dozens social-distanced for the March 21 Duke CRUSH 5K.

Genetic testing at Duke revealed a devastating diagnosis for a young nurse. But she feels it also may have saved her life.

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.

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.