Alphavirus-Based Vaccine May Slow Some Cancers (DukeHealth.org)
Aug. 2, 2010
An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild appears to block tumor growth in some cases of advanced cancer, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Duke and Bulls Join to Strike Out Cancer (DukeHealth.org)
July 29, 2010
The Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Durham Bulls have joined together for the 2nd year to “Strike Out Cancer” (SOC). The program is designed to raise awareness for cancer and funds to support cancer research at Duke.
Duke Raleigh Hospital Opens Transformed Cancer Center (DukeHealth.org)
July 12, 2010
Duke Raleigh Cancer Center has completed significant improvements to its hematology/oncology clinic.
Imaging Costs Rising Faster Than Total Cancer Care for Medicare (DukeHealth.org)
Apr. 27, 2010
The cost of imaging studies in cancer patients covered by Medicare is growing at twice the rate of the overall costs of cancer care in that group, according to scientists in the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).
Duke Medicine to Host Regional Cancer Summit (DukeHealth.org)
Apr. 22, 2010
Duke Medicine will host a regional summit on cancer Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Research Triangle Park.
Improving Clinical Trials, Speeding New Cancer Therapies Focus of New NIH Grant to Area Researchers (DukeHealth.org)
Apr. 12, 2010
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and N.C. State University have teamed up to find ways to design more powerful clinical trials for cancer treatments, effectively getting better and more personalized new therapies to cancer patients sooner.
Cancer of Any Type Can Cause Prolonged Sexual Dysfunction (DukeHealth.org)
Apr. 1, 2010
Cancer often leads to significant and long-term disruption in sexual function and intimacy, regardless of the type of cancer or how far along the patient is in the treatment plan, according to a new study from Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) appearing in the journal Psycho-Oncology.
Sleep and Cancer: Uncomfortable Bedfellows (DukeHealth.org)
Dec. 14, 2009
Newly-diagnosed cancer patients face a number of life-long challenges, but a new study from the Duke Clinical Research Institute suggests that a lack of sleep may be one of the most persistent and disruptive.
Groundbreaking for Duke Cancer Center (DukeHealth.org)
Nov. 4, 2009
State and local dignitaries will join leaders of Duke Medicine this Friday, Nov. 6, 2009), in breaking ground for the new Duke Cancer Center.
New Type of Genetic Change Identified in Inherited Cancer (DukeHealth.org)
Oct. 4, 2009
Duke University Medical Center and National Cancer Institute scientists have discovered that a novel genetic alteration – a second copy of an entire gene – is a cause of familial chordoma, an uncommon form of cancer arising in bones and frequently affecting the nervous system.
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