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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.
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
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
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
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 ...
What Do Cardio-Oncologists Do, and When Do You Need One?
Cancer treatments shrink and kill cancer cells; however, they can also damage your heart. That is concerning if you are at risk for or have a heart condition w ...
What Is 3D Mammography?
Digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography), available at all Duke Health mammography locations, is a new diagnostic tool for breast cancer detection. Jay Ba ...
Duke Blood Cancer Center Named Mast Cell Diseases Center of Excellence
The Duke Blood Cancer Center has been recognized as a Center of Excellence by the American Initiative in Mast Cell Diseases Network. This designation acknowled ...
Kidney Donor Evaluation Leads to Stomach Cancer Discovery
Jeff Stewart wanted to donate his kidney because helping others is “the right thing to do,” he said. Coincidentally, his altruism may have saved his life. Duri ...
Six Questions to Ask About Mammograms
Conflicting mammogram guidelines may leave many people unsure about when and how often to be screened for breast cancer. Jay Baker, MD, a Duke Health breast im ...
Fast Breast MRI Available to Women with Average Breast Cancer Risk
Duke Health offers fast breast MRI -- also known as abbreviated breast MRI -- to detect breast cancer in people assigned female at birth who are at average ris ...
Seeing Spots on Your Mammogram
Not all people assigned female at birth have calcifications in their breasts—but most do. These deposits show up as tiny white spots on a mammogram, and there ...
Enhanced Recovery Shortens Hospital Stays, Improves Patient Outcomes
A set of medical guidelines called enhanced recovery after surgery puts patient comfort and safety first -- before, during, and after surgery. Since Julie Thac ...