Duke Cancer Institute

The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, research facility, and hospital.[1] The center is part of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University Health System located in Durham, North Carolina, United States.[2]

Duke Cancer Institute
Geography
LocationDurham, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates36.003767°N 78.938812°W / 36.003767; -78.938812
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityDuke University
Services
SpecialityOncology
History
Opened1971
Links
Websitedukecancerinstitute.org
ListsHospitals in North Carolina

The center specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer and was ranked 11th in the U.S. News & World Report's 2011 list of top cancer hospitals.[3] More than 50,000 patients with cancer are seen at Duke each year.[4]

In November 2010, Victor Dzau, MD, chancellor of health affairs for Duke University, formally unveiled the Duke Cancer Institute, during the topping out ceremony for the new building.[5]

The DCI is a single entity—the first of its kind at Duke—that integrates and aligns patient care and basic and clinical research with the goals of improving patient outcomes, decreasing the burden of cancer and accelerating scientific progress.[6]

Michael B. Kastan, a cancer scientist and Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, was named as the first Executive Director of the Duke Cancer Institute in May 2011.[7] Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang became the Institute's first female Chief of Breast Surgery.[8]

On February 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened the Duke Cancer Center, a new seven-floor building devoted exclusively to cancer care.[9]

References
  1. "Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center". cancer.gov. National Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  2. "Cancer Services". Duke University Health System. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  3. "Best Cancer Hospitals". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. "NCCN Institution Profile". National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. "Public gets first official glimpse at Duke Cancer Center at topping-out ceremony". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  6. "Cancer Centers Program". National Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  7. "Kastan to Lead Duke Cancer Institute". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  8. "First female chief of breast surgery at Duke named one of Time's 'Most Influential Americans'". apnews.com. March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  9. "OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW DUKE CANCER CENTER". today.duke.edu. February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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