Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
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The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is a National Cancer Institute
-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, research facility, and hospital. The center is part of the Duke University Health System
located in Durham, North Carolina
, United States
.
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. More than 50,000 patients with cancer are seen at Duke each year.
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.
Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, a renowned 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.
In November 2009, Duke Medicine had a groundbreaking for the new seven-floor Duke Cancer Center building, which should is scheduled to open in 2012.
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.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, research facility, and hospital. The center is part of the Duke University Health System
Duke University Health System
The Duke University Health System, combines the Duke University School of Medicine, the Duke University School of Nursing, the Duke Clinic, and the member hospitals into a system of research, clinical care, and education.-Duke University Hospital:...
located in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
, United States
United States
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.
The center specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
and was ranked 11th in the U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
's 2011 list of top cancer hospitals. More than 50,000 patients with cancer are seen at Duke each year.
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.
Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, a renowned 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.
In November 2009, Duke Medicine had a groundbreaking for the new seven-floor Duke Cancer Center building, which should is scheduled to open in 2012.
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.