Michael Kastan

Summer 2020 Breakthroughs: Message from the Director

Cancer doesn't wait for COVID-19.

June 29, 2020

Gone Too Soon: Dr. Neil Spector Passes Away

Flags were lowered to half-staff today across Duke for Neil Spector, MD, physician-scientist, mentor, advocate, friend, husband, and father who passed away on June 14.

June 17, 2020

Announcements

V Ride Gets Ready to Roll (9.5.20)

This event has been rescheduled for Sept. 5, 2020.

January 6, 2020

Special Events

Congrats To This Year's DCI Superstars!

Three DCI employees — from Duke Cancer Center Durham, Duke Cancer Center North Durham, and Duke Cancer Center Raleigh — were recently honored with DCI Superstar awards.

December 2, 2019

Announcements Awards

DCI Science Retreat: Attacking Cancer On All Fronts

Duke Cancer Institute hosted its Sixth Annual Scientific Retreat on Friday, October 25; attracting 166 DCI physicians, researchers, staff, and guests.

November 1, 2019

DCI Research Features

July Newsmakers

Here's a sample of some of the DCI physicians, physician-scientists, researchers and nurses whose work is featured by the media and in academic journals.

July 18, 2019

In the News

#MDCS: A Champion For The Disadvantaged

Deputy Director of Duke Cancer Institute Steven Patierno, PhD, is energized by his decades-long work in cancer control and cancer health disparities.

February 1, 2019

Duke Women’s Cancer Care Raleigh Holds Grand Opening

A new, one-of-its-kind comprehensive care center specifically for women’s cancers in Wake County — Duke Women’s Cancer Care Raleigh — has already expe...

May 21, 2014

Employee Resources Patient Stories

You ARE A Superstar!

Previously awarded at an annual anniversary celebration in Durham, this year’s Duke Cancer Institute Superstar awards went on the road where three des...

November 19, 2018

Announcements Employee Resources

Making Pigs Fly? Investigators Up To The Challenge

When Duke Cancer Institute researcher Christopher Pirozzi, PhD, was an intern doing stem cell research in Australia, he spotted a child’s mobile of a ...

November 6, 2017

DCI Research Features

New Insight Illuminates How Cells Respond to Stress

Duke Cancer Institute scientists have described a previously unknown series of steps that cells undergo when stressed, adding crucial information to t...

March 31, 2017

Announcements DCI Research

April Newsmakers

Duke University Health System to create program for teenage cancer patients (Duke Chronicle) Features Daniel S. Wechsler, MD, PhD (pictured above...

April 14, 2016

In the News

Make-A-Wish To Recognize DCI Faculty

Make-A-Wish® Eastern North Carolina is inviting you to pack your bags and join them as they journey “Around the World in 80 Wishes.” This gala event c...

April 14, 2015

Announcements Awards

Prepare To Shine, Superstar

For the first time ever, Duke Cancer Institute will present DCI Superstar Awards in person at cancer centers in Durham and Wake County. In the past, t...

August 20, 2018

Announcements Employee Resources

Enlisting A Dog In The Fight Against Cancer

For years, dogs have sniffed-out land mines, rescued earthquake victims, and guided the blind. Today our BFFs are teaming up with us to confront a sha...

May 26, 2017

Leaders Make Collaboration Focus of Cancer Moonshot Summit

As a part of Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Summit in Washington, DC last month, leaders from North Carolina’s three comprehensive cancer ...

December 12, 2016

The Answer on the Other End of the Leash

Will Eward, DVM, MD, works to find better treatments for a cancer called sarcoma. It makes no difference to him that half of his patients walk on four...

November 10, 2015

Features

Bidding Farewell

Chancellor Victor J. Dzau, MD, president and CEO, Duke University Health System, accepts a farewell gift from DCI senior leadership, Carolyn Carpenter...

July 4, 2014

Announcements

With New Center, DCI Tackles Brain Metastasis Head-On

During the summer of 2016 Dave and Lisa VanTress retired from their jobs in Syracuse, New York, and headed south to the sunny shores of South Carolina...

February 15, 2018

DCI Research Features Patient Stories

Cancer Center Leaders Call for "Robust" NIH Budget

The directors of Duke Cancer Institute, the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Wake Forest Cancer Center have jointly written an open let...

April 26, 2017

DCI Research Announcements

May Newsmakers

Promising brain cancer trial given breakthrough status by FDA (CBS)Features Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor CenterHurrah for our medical researchers!...

May 19, 2016

In the News

Executive Director's Research Highlighted In New Book On P53

The research of Duke Cancer Institute's executive director Michael Kastan, MD, PHD, is highlighted in a new book on P53 by Susan Armstrong — “p53: ...

April 15, 2015

DCI Research In the News

SAVE THE DATE: Victory Ride

The V Foundation recently announced its second annual Victory Ride To Cure Cancer Will be held Saturday, May 18, 2019. Duke Cancer Institute was na...

October 8, 2018

Announcements Special Events Employee Resources

Innovative Research the Focus of DCI Scientific Retreat

Duke Cancer Institute hosted the Fourth Annual DCI Scientific Retreat on Friday, Oct. 28, at Bay 7 in the American Tobacco District in Durham. The eve...

May 31, 2017

January Newsmakers

CDC urges boys, girls get HPV vaccine earlier (WRAL) Features Steven Patierno, PhD Developing New Strategies for Cancer Drug Delivery, in Denmark ...

January 10, 2017

In the News

November Newsmakers

Moustaches fundraise for cancer in 'Movember' movement (WRAL) Features DCI MoDukes Lung Cancer and My Carolina Today (WNCN) Features Jeff...

November 17, 2015

In the News

Acquisitions Take Duke-Level Cancer Care To Raleigh

Duke Medicine’s acquisition of three former Cancer Center of North Carolina (CCNC) locations in Raleigh and Cary offers Duke-level oncology care for p...

December 15, 2014

Announcements Features

The Year Of The Dog

More than one million of the 4.5 million pet dogs in the U.S. that get cancer this year will be brought to the vet by their owners for treatment. Fort...

February 26, 2018

DCI Research Features

Mark Dewhirst, “The Human Synapse,” Eases Into Retirement

When a Galapagos tortoise suffering from sarcoma needed help in 1983, zookeepers at the Staten Island Zoo called Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, a young scie...

May 8, 2017

DCI Research Announcements

The Answer to Cancer May Be Walking Beside Us

Humans and canines have a common enemy in cancer; one in three people and one in four dogs will develop the disease in their life...

October 5, 2016

DCI Research

Senator Thom Tillis Visits Duke Cancer Institute

On Friday, June 5, Duke University Office of Government Relations hosted Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC). Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, executive director...

June 8, 2015

Announcements In the News

November Newsmakers

Kids & Dogs’ Shared Cancers: Industry Leaders Stress Collaboration to Speed Drug Development at Canines-N-Kids’ Paws for a Cure Symposium (Associated ...

November 1, 2018

In the News

Salama Receives NCI Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award

April Salama, MD, interim director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Melanoma Program, has been named a recipient of one of ten 2017 National Cancer Institut...

October 2, 2017

Awards DCI Research

March Newsmakers

More Women With Breast Cancer Opt to Remove Healthy Breast (The New York Times) Features E. Shelley Wang, MD Study shows how BPA may affect inflam...

March 9, 2017

In the News

Consortium For Canine Comparative Oncology

When it comes to cancer, man and his best friend are not that different. With similar genomes and shared environmental triggers leading to spontaneous...

March 15, 2016

Features DCI Research

Executive Director Announces 2014 DCI Superstars

On Thursday, Dec. 4, Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, executive director of the DCI, hosted the Fourth Annual DCI Anniversary Celebration at the Duke Cance...

December 18, 2014

Employee Resources Features

March Newsmakers

Mom sings to her terminally ill son (The News & Observer)Mother Plays Emotional Song At Hospital For 1-Yr-Old Son With Terminal Epilepsy (WFMY2.com)Mo...

March 1, 2018

In the News

New Insight Illuminates How Cells Respond to Stress

Duke Cancer Institute scientists have described a previously unknown series of steps that cells undergo when stressed, adding crucial information to t...

May 26, 2017

Innovative Research the Focus of DCI Scientific Retreat

Duke Cancer Institute hosted the Fourth Annual DCI Scientific Retreat on Friday, Oct. 28, at Bay 7 in the American Tobacco District in Durham. The eve...

November 9, 2016

DCI Research Awards

June Newsmakers

National cancer meeting unifies human and animal studies (ScienceBlog) Features Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD. Scientists and Survivors (Cance...

June 15, 2015

In the News