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Cancer Appointments Within 48 Hours

Our Oncology Access Center team members will schedule your initial comprehensive appointment with a Duke Oncology provider. Learn more.

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When to Take Your Sick Child to the Pediatrician

It’s normal for kids to get sick eight to 12 times a year, but how do you know if they’re sick enough for a doctor’s visit? Here, Duke Health pediatricians Ashley Edmonston, MD, and Kevin McEnaney, MD, explain seven signs that signal it’s time to take your child to the pediatrician.

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Duke Program Helps Families Talk About Parent’s Cancer

Seth Cuni, a single dad, lived with tongue cancer for months without telling his two young children. “I decided this is my problem, and I can do this alone. Well, I couldn’t.” After talking to a medical family therapist at the Duke Cancer Institute where he receives treatment, Cuni and his children met with a child and adolescent life specialist who helped his family through this journey. “Your kids have the right to be involved, he said. “I wish that I had done it a lot sooner.”

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