DCI Blog

The DCI Blog highlights patient stories, DCI research, the accomplishments of DCI faculty and staff, and fundraising events.

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Brent Hanks, MD, PhD

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Hanks Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation

January 08, 2024

Duke Cancer Institute Blog

Man stands at a Duke University School of Medicine podium facing woman smiling. "Duke Cancer Institute 50th Anniversary: Celebrating 50 years of exceptional cancer care" is projected on the screen behind them.

Duke Cancer Institute Executive Director Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, presents medical student Priya Alagesan, BS, with the Robert and Barbara Bell Award For Basic Science Cancer Research at the 2022 DCI Scientific Retreat.

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At DCI’s 9th Annual Scientific Retreat, the Learning(s) Was Infectious

January 07, 2024

Duke Cancer Institute Blog

Medical trainee in scrubs peers into a microscope

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Partners to the Core

August 11, 2023

Duke Cancer Institute Blog

Binita Chakraborty picks up a vial in a lab.

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A Detour into Melanoma

August 07, 2023

Duke Cancer Institute Blog

Collaboration between Bishop Ronald Godbee and DCI epidemiologist Meira Epplein, PhD, MS, MA, began in 2018 when Epplein tested 92 of Bishops congregants at Durham's The River Church for the presence of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). H pylori is a bacteria that puts Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American people at a higher risk for stomach cancer. Now, Bishop Godbee and Dr. Epplein are raising awareness together in a new video about the importance of testing.

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