"During my testicular cancer journey at Duke, I was inspired to form an organization that impacts the lives of men in our city" — hockey coach Matt Cross
Developed by of the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program at DCI, KidsCan! has been supporting children through a loved one's cancer diagnosis since 2007.
Working as a hematology-oncology nurse practitioner at Duke for more than two decades, Duke University School of Nursing graduate Heather Paradis had no idea that she would one day experience cancer care from the other side.
DCI clinical social worker Terri Stong started smoking four years ago during an extremely stressful period of her life. Tobacco cessation treatment at Duke and a reminder of what she has to live for turned her around.
This leading comprehensive evidence-based tobacco treatment training course for healthcare professionals and the public health sector is now 100% online.
More than 250 members of the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program community came together on Thursday, December 5, for the Nancy Weaver Emerson 29th Annual Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony.
Stylist Ray Lingle says that what he loves most is the interaction he has with patients and the opportunity he has to encourage them in a safe, professional environment.
Substitute teacher and cancer survivor Tim McKenna, was teaching history at the Durham School of the Arts when a gas explosion ripped through downtown Durham.
After college graduation, Shannon Voelkel started her “dream job” working for a well-known interior design firm. A year-and-a-half later, she learned life had other plans.
It’s something that has happened to all of us; you arrive on time for your 10:30 a.m. doctor’s appointment and wait an hour, only to have the doctor spend 15 minutes with you.
Roshanda “Wyndi” Smith, who runs a stainless-steel jewelry business, is living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer — staying strong in spirit, on her weakest days.
Leslie Love, 59, has been volunteering with the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program for more than 11 years. She never thought that she would flip to the other side.
From cancer diagnosis, through treatment, recovery and survivorship, Ryan Switzer hasn’t stopped raising awareness and funds to ensure that others rec...
The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program is ready to Spring For Support with their annual 5K run and walk. Recently, the Duke Wrestling team, coached b...
Preliminary results of a four-year study led by Duke Cancer Institute clinical psychologist Tamara Somers, PhD, appear to conclude that, when delivere...
Leslie Love, 59, has been volunteering with the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program for more than 11 years now, assisting patients in the chemo room a...
Hundreds of patients, caregivers, survivors and loved ones attended Duke Cancer Institute’s annual Supportive Care and Survivorship Day held in two lo...
The sky was clear. The sun was bright. And Angie Vega and her husband Dave Izquierdo were in high spirits. Right up near the stage at the American Can...
Benefitting the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program, organizers hope to raise $35,000 at this year’s Spring for Support 5K on Saturday, April 1, at Du...
A cold and bitter rain taps persistently at the window of the small conference room adjacent to the cancer center cafe. Inside, however, a group of wo...
The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program will host the 28th Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony at Duke Cancer Center on Thursda...
Shining a light for supportive care and survivorship, more than 160 guests attended the 27th Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremon...
From cancer diagnosis, through treatment, recovery and survivorship, Ryan Switzer hasn’t stopped raising awareness and funds to ensure that others rec...
The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program (DCPSP) will host the 27th Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony at Duke Cancer Center on...
Duke Retiree-Turned-Cancer-Survivor Brings New Meaning to ServicePlenty busy with fishing, golfing and grandchildren, Jim Slaughter, a Duke retiree, d...
Susan Hand, 73, has had it with hospitals and cancer. Her husband Charlie, 79, battled colon cancer, tonsil cancer and unrelated heart trouble during ...