The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is a
National Cancer Institute
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-designated
Comprehensive Cancer Center NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of 71 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Program
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, research facility, and hospital. The center is part of the
Duke University School of Medicine and
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.
Member hospitals
Duke ...
located in
Durham, North Carolina,
United States
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.
The center specializes in the treatment and prevention of
cancer
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and was ranked 41st in the ''
U.S. News & World Report's'' 2021 list of top cancer hospitals. More than 10,000 new cancer patients are seen at Duke each year.
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.
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, 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.
Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang became the institute's first female Chief of Breast Surgery.
On February 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened the Duke Cancer Center, a new seven-floor building devoted exclusively to cancer care.
References
External links
Duke Cancer Institute Records at Duke University Medical Center Archives
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Hospital buildings completed in 1971
Hospital buildings completed in 2012
1971 establishments in North Carolina
Hospitals established in 1971
Cancer organizations based in the United States
Medical research institutes in North Carolina
Hospitals in Durham, North Carolina
NCI-designated cancer centers