Cancer Care
Read about the innovative approaches taken by Duke doctors to treat cancer -- and the people whose lives have been affected.
Fast Breast MRI Available to Women with Average Breast Cancer Risk
Duke Health now offers fast breast MRI -- also known as abbreviated breast MRI -- to detect breast cancer in people assigned female at birth who are at average ...
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 ...
Life-Saving Stem Cell Transplants Now an Option for More People with Blood Cancer
People who need a stem cell transplant but do not have a matched donor now have another option -- a transplant using a new stem cell product called omidubicel. ...
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 ...
Raleigh Woman on a Mission to Get More Young People Tested for Colorectal Cancer
At age 38, Brooks Bell thought she was too young to have cancer, so she was reassured when doctors attributed blood in her stool to internal hemorrhoids. But s ...
Early Detection of Melanoma
Melanoma can be cured if detected early. Here, Georgia M. Beasley, MD, MHSc, a surgical oncologist at Duke Health, talks about what to look for and how to know ...
Know the Signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Charlotte Finley blamed her deodorant when she woke up with a burning sensation under her arm. She wondered if it caused the itchy, dry patches she had seen on ...
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 ...