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Media Spotlight: WRAL highlights cancer research
March 2nd, 2010WRAL reports that Duke doctors are harnessing the power of heat in a technique called hyperthermia that enhances other cancer-fighting treatments.
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Media Spotlight: WRAL features Valarie Worthy, breast cancer survivor helping others
March 1st, 2010WRAL says breast cancer survivor Valarie Worthy's life is consumed by service to others. Worthy, a patient navigator at Duke's Comprehensive Cancer Center, encourages other women with breast cancer.
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Media Spotlight: WRAL highlights new lung cancer research
February 24th, 2010Anil Potti, M.D., an oncologist in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, discusses his research that suggests the biology of lung cancer differs from one patient to the…
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Media Spotlight: News & Observer features Duke’s cancer care
January 26th, 2010The News & Observer's Eric Ferreri writes: His oncologist was out of ideas, and Duane Wait was low on hope. So the South Carolinian looked 240 miles north, where the…
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Media Spotlight: WRAL highlights Pathfinders for breast cancer patients
January 18th, 2010This video highlights Pathfinders, a psychological support group for stage 4 breast cancer patients, and a memorial service held last Sunday at Duke Chapel. Two patients talk about their experience…
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Sharon Pitz: Volunteering in the spirit of MLK
January 15th, 2010In her volunteer work, Sharon Pitz has some unusual co-workers. They are four-legged and furred and tailed, and they do wonderful work in making patients feel loved.
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Valarie Worthy: Volunteering in the spirit of MLK
January 14th, 2010Valarie Worthy, a registered nurse and administrative manager, has worked to help people fight and recover from cancer. She has taken the fight into her volunteer life as well, working…
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Media Spotlight: WRAL highlights crane folding by Duke cancer patients
January 4th, 2010This WRAL video highlights the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program's project to fold 1,000 paper cranes. Read a feature story about art projects and paper crane folding at Duke in…
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Media Spotlight: Blackwell talks about one of ABC’s “Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade”
December 18th, 2009In ABC's "Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade," Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., an oncologist, talks about number 6 -- "Targeted Therapies for Cancer Expand With New Drugs." “The introduction/approval of…
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Media Spotlight: WRAL highlights test that helps determine if breast cancer patients need chemo
December 14th, 2009Lee Wilke, M.D., a breast surgeon, talks about Oncotype DX, a genetic test that is helping her determine which of her breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy.