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Cancer Care
Read about the innovative approaches taken by Duke doctors to treat cancer -- and the people whose lives have been affected.
Isabella Strahan Looks to the Future After Rare Brain Tumor Treatment
In October 2023, Isabella Strahan spent her 19th birthday in the hospital recovering from brain surgery to remove a rare cancerous tumor. Nearly 10 months late ...
PT Program Improves Fitness in Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Nicole Spine’s second brush with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma left the 22-year-old so physically and mentally withered, she doubted that she would ever feel like her for ...
Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Back to Doing What He Enjoys
David Sabio was 48 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After aggressive treatment at Duke Health including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, he s ...
Lung Cancer in Young and Middle-Aged Women Is On the Rise
Lately, researchers have seen an alarming increase in the number of women aged 55 and younger being diagnosed with lung cancer. According to Duke medical oncol ...
Social Media Helps Woman Find Phyllodes Tumor Experts and Support
When Nathalie Delpeche was diagnosed with a recurrent phyllodes tumor, she turned to social media for information. There, she learned about Laura H. Rosenberge ...
Cancer Survivors Give Back Through Volunteering
Watching Diane and Dean Lamont push the engagement cart around a waiting room in the Duke Cancer Center, you can sense that they share a common mission and pur ...
Tonsil Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and All Clear in Less Than Six Months
When a suspicious lump in her neck wouldn’t go away, 52-year-old Kim Barnard learned she had cancer. The Roxboro, NC resident’s first move was transferring her ...
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
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
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
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
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 ...