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Read about the innovative approaches taken by Duke doctors to treat cancer -- and the people whose lives have been affected.

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Duke Program Helps Families Talk About Parent’s Cancer
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. We ...

Pilot Program Ensures Black Men with Prostate Cancer Get the Care They Need
Pilot Program Ensures Black Men with Prostate Cancer Get the Care They Need

Edward Fogg was 66 and homeless when doctors at a local clinic told him he had an elevated PSA score. Fogg didn’t understand that was a red flag for aggressive ...

Whipple Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
Whipple Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer

If you have been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer, the most important decision is where to go for surgery. Up to 30% of people with pancreatic canc ...

Raleigh Women Credits Her Cancer Treatment at Duke for Saving Her Life
Raleigh Women Credits Her Cancer Treatment at Duke for Saving Her Life

Alexa Baltazar was 28 years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a quick-spreading cancer of the blood. Born and raised in Raleigh, sh ...

Raleigh Man Gives Back to Community After Specialized Surgery Eliminates Testicular Cancer
Raleigh Man Gives Back to Community After Specialized Surgery Eliminates Testicular Cancer

When Matt Cross found a lump on his testicle at age 35, he brushed it off as “just a cyst.” He eventually saw a doctor for an unrelated concern and was diagnos ...

Cancer-Free and Seeing Clearly After Eye Cancer Surgery at Duke Health
Cancer-Free and Seeing Clearly After Eye Cancer Surgery at Duke Health

Less than three years ago, Daryl Johnson was diagnosed with eye cancer that threatened not just his eyesight, but potentially his life. Thanks to the expertise ...

Raleigh Woman with Multiple Myeloma in Remission After Cancer Treatment at Duke
Raleigh Woman with Multiple Myeloma in Remission After Cancer Treatment at Duke

Jacquelyn Weatherly lost both parents to cancer, so when she was diagnosed with the disease at age 59, she was not surprised. It was the type of cancer -- a ra ...

From Duke Cancer Center Patients to Cancer Care Advocates
From Duke Cancer Center Patients to Cancer Care Advocates

Cliff Chieffo, his wife Pat, and their oldest daughter have more in common than family ties. They are all cancer survivors, and all three are thankful for the ...

Fertility Preservation Helps Young Breast Cancer Survivor Grow Her Family
Fertility Preservation Helps Young Breast Cancer Survivor Grow Her Family

Susan VanNess of Wake Forest was breastfeeding her son when she felt a lump in her breast. She thought it was a cyst or clogged milk duct and made an appointme ...

Man Keeps His Voice After Partial Laryngectomy Treats Laryngeal Cancer
Man Keeps His Voice After Partial Laryngectomy Treats Laryngeal Cancer

Dale Jessup, 71, was diagnosed with voice box cancer (also known as laryngeal cancer) in late 2017. Despite radiation treatment, Jessup’s cancer returned in Ja ...

Helping Advance Phyllodes Tumor Research
Helping Advance Phyllodes Tumor Research

Karen Kump of Elko, Nevada, knew the lump on her right breast should be checked by a doctor when she first noticed it in July 2022. “But my granddaughter was g ...

What You Should Know About Prostate Cancer
What You Should Know About Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in men, other than skin cancer. In fact, the American Cancer Society estimates that one of every eight ...