Duke Experts Help Woman with Metastatic Cancer Live Longer, Better
In Fall 2020, after beating breast cancer nearly 20 years earlier, Janet Gorence Davas learned the cancer was back and it had spread. She underwent surgery and radiation in New England where her daughter lives, but Davas wanted to return home to North Carolina. Her doctors recommended continuing treatment at the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis. There, Davas’s care team focused on slowing disease progression, limiting medication side effects, and treating the downstream effects of her incurable cancer. In the four years since her metastatic cancer diagnosis, Davas has remained active, continues to travel, and runs a business. “I'm optimistic in that I am getting the best care in the world in my opinion,” she said.
Kidney Donor Encourages Others to Consider Living Donation
The first time Anthony Teachey met his boss, David Annas, he asked him for a kidney. After a year of contemplating and many conversations with a Duke Health transplant coordinator, Annas donated his kidney to Teachey. Reflecting back, he wishes he’d done it sooner.
Duke Palliative Care brinda apoyo adicional a un policía estatal con sarcoma de Ewing
Cuando a Zach Martin lo diagnosticaron con cáncer de hueso metastásico en diciembre de 2022, un nuevo programa de cuidados paliativos en Duke Health brindó el apoyo médico y psicológico adicional que él, su esposa Ginny y su joven familia necesitaban. Después de que Zach falleciera en febrero de 2024, Ginny dijo que el apoyo de cuidados paliativos fue invaluable.
