Cancer Care
Read about the innovative approaches taken by Duke doctors to treat cancer -- and the people whose lives have been affected.
Comprehensive Cancer Care in Cary, Raleigh and Throughout Wake County
If you live in Raleigh, Cary, or another Wake County town, comprehensive cancer care is close at hand. Everything you need, from the latest advances in diagnos ...
Chemotherapy Pump Helps People with Metastatic Liver Cancer Live Longer
A chemotherapy infusion pump is giving more time to people whose metastatic colorectal cancer has spread to the liver and who may have been told they are out o ...
Should You Be Screened for Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT is covered by Medicare and private insurers for people who smoke or have smoked in the past. There’s a reason. Lung canc ...
Monthly Support Helps Kids Cope When Parents Have Cancer
When David Wilkie of Smithfield was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in October 2021, he and his wife, Jessica, didn’t know how they were going to tell their ...
Fertility Experts Make Cancer Survivor’s Dream of Family a Reality
After two rounds of cancer treatment, Sasha Zarzour didn’t think she’d be able to get pregnant. But with specialized care at the Duke Fertility Center and cons ...
Duke Cancer Center Offers New Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to other treatments may now benefit from a new radiopharmaceutical treatment called PLUVICT ...
Simple Test for Stomach Bug Can Help Prevent Stomach Cancer
Since discovering a common bacteria called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) puts Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American people at a higher risk for stomach cancer, ...
8 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Thyroid Surgery
Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove part or all of your thyroid gland if it’s overactive, has grown very large, or has nodules, cysts or other growths ...
Need Your Thyroid Removed? Seek Surgeon with 25+ Cases Annually
Patients who need their thyroid glands removed should seek surgeons who perform 25 or more thyroidectomies a year for the least risk of complications, accordin ...
PSMA PET/CT Scan Improves Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment
A new imaging technique is changing the way aggressive prostate cancer is identified and is making it easier for doctors to design more effective, individualiz ...
Tracheoesophageal Puncture (TEP) Surgery and Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis Help People Speak After Total Laryngectomy
People with throat cancer or voice box cancers who lose their ability to speak following the removal of of their larynx (voice box) can learn to produce near n ...
Peer-to-Peer Coaching Helps Young Cancer Patients Be Themselves
For Shelby Black, 2021 was a year for anniversaries. The California native celebrated her first year living in the Triangle. She marked a significant personal ...