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."
For some patients, targeted therapy is their best shot. The Molecular Tumor Board at DCI is matching more and more patients to approved therapies and clinical trials.
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.
Wrestling with “next generation sequencing," a new molecular registry of tumors is helping Duke oncologists deliver patient- centered precision cancer medicine.