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2024 Shingleton Awardees

May 15, 2024

Members of the Shingleton Society gathered in April 2024 to honor this year's Shingleton awardees. Duke Cancer Institute Executive Director Michael Kastan, MD, PhD, provided an update on the institute. Carey Anders, MD, presented a keynote address.Inspired by William W. Shingleton, MD, founding father and emeritus director of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, this prestigious award recognizes the outstanding service and generosity of individuals committed to advancing the fight against cancer.Congratulations to the 2024 awardees listed below. Learn more about them in the linked videos.Heather Paradis Keyser, the William W. Shingleton AwardMolly Malloy Golf Tournament Organizers, the Shingleton Award for Community PartnershipTracy Berger, MS, LMFT, the Shingleton Award for Caregiver PartnershipDonna Bernstein, the Shingleton Award for Distinguished Service

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Strike Out Fore Sarcoma

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Second Annual Strike Out Fore Sarcoma Golf Tournament

The Duke Sarcoma Center will host its second annual Strike Out Fore Sarcoma Golf Tournament on Monday, May 6, at the Club at 12 Oaks in Holly Springs, NC. The event aims to raise awareness and funds for sarcoma research at Duke Cancer Institute.

Each year nearly 10,000 patients are diagnosed with sarcoma, said Colleen Forbes, RN, a DCI nurse who hosts the tournament at her own golf club.

"Sarcomas demand specialized expertise in diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation to maximize patients' quality of life after therapy," said Olivia Franek, RN, a nurse who volunteers her time to help organize the event. Franek said that research funding is limited, and that funds raised by the tournament support the Sarcoma Center's efforts to find new and innovative ways to move closer to a cure for sarcoma.

Learn more and register for the tournament here.

A Patient's Perspective

The event will feature special guest speaker Kristine Breski, a Duke patient who grew up playing golf with her grandmother. Breski is an advocate for awareness about adolescents and young adults with cancer by sharing her own experience of a sarcoma diagnosis and remission. As a patient consultant for the United States Department of Defense's Congressional Directed Medical Research Program, she reviews grant applications for potential treatments. She also volunteers to help medical students learn how to speak to cancer patients.

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Angels Among Us 5K & Walk of HOPE

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Community Sat, 04/27/2024 - 08:00 Register

More than 700,000 people in the United States are living with the diagnosis of a primary brain tumor, and 69,000 more will be diagnosed this year. Approximately 4,300 children younger than age 20 will be diagnosed each year. On Saturday, April 27, thousands of people from across the country will gather on Duke's Medical Center Campus at the corner of Erwin Road and Flowers Drive to raise money for brain tumor research. The 31st annual Angels Among Us 5K and Walk of HOPE will begin with a 5K run followed by entertainment, children's activities, food, and fun for the entire family. A ceremony will begin the walk of hope through the Duke University Medical Campus and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

Proceeds from the event support the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. Visit www.angelsamongus.org to learn more.

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Hilliard Seigler Duke Melanoma Consortium 2024

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Community Fri, 05/17/2024 - 09:30 Learn more about the 2024 Melanoma Consortium

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The Hilliard Seigler Duke Melanoma Consortium was originally formed by a group of community members, physicians, and researchers with a common interest in melanoma research. The annual event provides updates on innovative basic and clinical melanoma research both nationally and internationally, as well as detailed information about basic and clinical melanoma programs at Duke.

The event will take place on May 17 in the Great Hall of the Semans Center. There will also be a virtual option for those unable to attend in person. Registration for Zoom will be available soon.

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Bench to Beat Cancer

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Community Sun, 04/07/2024 - 09:00 Make a Pledge (through April 6)

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How many people or families do you know that have had or been affected by cancer? I’m sure, like us, it’s far too many. Even with all the progress made and with all those surviving, cancer continues to take a massive toll physically, mentally, and financially on the people we know and love. We want to help ease those burdens where we can.
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Megan Rottler Hattori, Bench to Beat Cancer event coordinator and Duke University Assistant Director of Sports Performance

Bench to Beat Cancer is a fundraiser hosted by Duke Sports Performance/Duke Olympic Sports Performance at Duke University, in partnership with Duke Cancer Institute, to help alleviate some of the financial burdens associated with a cancer diagnosis. Some of these barriers to cancer care include the cost of transportation, medications, medical bills, and meals. While the doctors work on the physical issues, we want to help ease the financial and emotional stressors that occur as a result of a cancer diagnosis.

How Does it Work? Duke University student-athletes, coaches, and affiliated staff find sponsors to pledge donations based on the number of bench press reps performed within one minute. Each will choose a weight to bench press from the following categories: 45, 65, 135, or 185 pounds. On Sunday, April 7, coaches and staff (from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM) followed by student- athletes (10 AM to Noon) hit the gym to make good on the pledged donations.

Where Does the Money Raised Go? After the event is completed, 100% of the money raised will be donated directly to the Duke Cancer Institute Oncology Patient Assistance Fund. The fund is administered through the Supportive Care & Survivorship Center whose staff not only help patients in their moment of need but also assess their financial landscape to make sure there's a long-term plan that addresses the financial burden of cancer.

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Caring House Annual Benefit Gala

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Community Sat, 01/27/2024 - 18:30 Learn More & Register

Caring House provides Duke Cancer Institute patients with peace of mind through affordable short-term housing while they're in treatment. Each year, Caring House hosts a Benefit Gala that brings together the community for an evening of exquisite dining, live entertainment, and a live auction.

This year Caring House will honor the former board members and community members who helped build the foundation and will celebrate its future.

Duke Cancer Institute is a Diamond-level sponsor of this year's event.

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9/11 First Responder Kicks Off Prostate Cancer FUNdraiser

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Community Fri, 12/01/2023 - 18:00 Join Us for the Big Shave Off

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THE "BEFORE" PHOTO Fifteen men volunteered to shear their whiskers for the cause, including five firemen from Morrisville, several Duke clinicians, a bartender from Fullsteam, and a retired police detective from New York City.

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FESTIVE Bob Young, in the holiday spirit, at Beer and Beards for Bros

This year’s Beer and Beards for Bros, held for the first time since 2019, raised nearly $10,000 for research at the Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers. By all appearances, the event, held at Fullsteam Brewery on Dec. 1, raised even more fun than funds.

The 15 men who volunteered to shear their whiskers for the cause included five firemen from Morrisville, several Duke employees, a bartender from Fullsteam, dads with adorable children clinging to them, and a retired detective from the New York City Police Department, who was the first to part with his mustache.

Even the auctioneer, Sam Poley, got into the action and bid off his own beard. Poley said he volunteered his time and talent in memory of his late father, who was treated for prostate cancer at Duke.

Mohawks, Leopard Skins, and Pink Flamingos

Auction winners directed a team of stylists from the Arrow “guaranteed shorter hair” barbershop on how they wanted the men shaved. Their crowning achievement came when one of the firemen incentivized the audience to bid higher by agreeing to “go full mohawk.”

Before the night was over, all of the men shamelessly shed their street clothes to don frippery chosen by auction winners from a table of costumes.

The bartender, who sported the thickest, blackest beard of them all, looked jarring in his blonde curly wig and white bedazzled frock.

Travis Henry, MD, a Duke radiologist, dressed as a fluffy bear. Medical oncologist Mike Harrison, MD, wore a shirt emblazoned with giant pink flamingos and a red headband attached to a messy blonde wig.

But the highest bid — almost $2,000 — went to Raj Gupta, MD, a DCI radiologist who sported a leopard coat and a white mink scarf. His dashing ensemble was chosen by his two young daughters, who placed the winning bid.

Police Officer Wins “Most Hilarious” Contest

The NYPD detective, Bob Young, struggled to squeeze into a strapless, red sparkly dress with a blue-and-white starred petticoat, which he topped off with reindeer antlers embellished with multi-colored Christmas lights.

Young easily won the prize for “most hilarious.” But the sequins did not stop him from kicking off the event with a moving speech about why prostate cancer research and excellent clinical care mean so much to him.

First Responders and Genitourinary Cancers

"People usually get prostate cancer in their 60s, but the 9/11 responders were getting it in their 30s and 40s,” said Young.

As president of the 50135 club, a benevolent association for retired police officers in Raleigh, Young said that "Beer and Beards for Bros" was the first charitable event that he has attended since the pandemic.

Likewise, the five firemen who attended said that the shave-off was their first post-pandemic philanthropic event. Nick Young, president of the association, heard about the event from his fiancé, Sarah Omwenga, RN, an oncology nurse at Duke.

Young said that testicular, thyroid, and throat cancer are prevalent among firefighters due to the chemical exposures they face on the job.

“We’re coming back next year,” said the elder Young. “And we’re bringing friends. There are 120 retired policemen in my club. And 20 of them have cancer. I want the ones with prostate cancer to be seen at Duke.”

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Daniel George, MD, visits Pedro Williams barbershop for a complimentary shave down before growing out his facial hair in November. (photo from 2015)

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FLASHBACK: In 2012, Michael Harrison, MD, Andrew Armstong, MD, MSc, Dan George, MD, and Judd Moul, MD, pose following their November grow out.

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2023 Tree of Hope Honored Patients, Caregivers, and Providers

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On December 7, the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program hosted its 33rd Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope — an evening to honor and remember loved ones, patients, care team members, family, and friends whose lives have been affected by cancer. The program, which was held in the Cancer Center Lobby, included the debut of the 2023 installment of the Many Faces of Cancer and continued with the Tree-of-Hope lighting in the Seese-Thornton Garden of Tranquility.

HEAR FROM Deputy Director of Duke Cancer Institute Steve Patierno, PhD, multiple myeloma survivor Jacqueline Weatherly, medical family therapist Tracy Berger, colon cancer survivor Jennifer Applegate, oncologist John Strickler, MD, and Supportive Care & Survivorship Director Cheyenne Corbett, PhD.

VIEW the new Many Faces of Cancer portrait series, which is hung at the 1st floor entrance to Duke Cancer Center Durham. LISTEN to these powerful stories of individuals navigating the cancer experience — each in their own way.

Thank you to all who shared this special night with us!

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DCI Executive Director Michael Kastan (third from left) celebrates DCI's 50th anniversary with cancer survivors and their family members: (left to right) Heather and Harper Harrell, Allin and Caro Foulkrod, and Jamie Valvano.

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DCI 50th Anniversary Raises More than $86M

October 17, 2023

Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) completed its celebration of five decades of life-changing discovery and care with a black tie event on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The evening's finale unveiled the total raised for cancer research and care during DCI's anniversary time frame: more than $86 million, including $32.7 million in planned gifts. More than 225 guests attended the event, which alone raised $100,000. Hosted by DCI Executive Director Michael Kastan, MD, PhD, the event featured inspiring stories from several cancer survivors, a guest appearance by former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, and a performance by award-winning actress, singer, and philanthropist Kristin Chenoweth.

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2023 Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Awareness Walk & 5K Raises More Than $194K

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SMILING IN THE RAIN Andrew Berchuck, MD, chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke Department of Ob/Gyn, and Melanie Bacheler, founder of the Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Walk.

The 2023 Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Walk & 5K, presented by WTVD-Ch. 11, marked its 21st year raising awareness, paying tribute to those touched by ovarian cancer, and supporting ovarian cancer research at DCI.

This year's event was held in the midst of a tropical storm, but that didn't dampen the mood.

The walk itself was made possible by slickers, umbrellas, and teal spirit.

Melanie Bacheler founded the event in 2002 to honor the memory of her mother Gail Parkins, who passed away at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with ovarian epithelial cancer.

Over these past two decades, the family event, which has raised more than $5M in funds for ovarian cancer research and awareness, has grown by leaps and bounds and adapted to meet the moment.

This year's event raised more than $194K.

Rain couldn't dampen the spirit of these walkers at the Gail Parkins Ovarian Cancer Memorial Walk & 5K event. (Sept. 23, 2003)

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Duke Cancer Institute Gynecologic Cancer Disease Group leaders Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc (associate director, Clinical Research), and Andrew Berchuck, MD (director), with founder and organizer of the annual Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Walk Melanie Bacheler (middle), proudly display a check made out to DCI in the amount of $194,192.

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DEDICATED: DCI gynecologic oncologist Laura Havrilesky, MD, approaches the finish line

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This year, for the first time, the route was lined with four posters marked with the main symptoms associated with ovarian cancer: 1. Bloating 2. Pelvic or Abdominal Pain 3. Difficulty Eating or Feeling Full Quickly 4. Urinary Urgency, Frequency.

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SURVIVORS CIRCLE Melanie Bacheler welcomed a group of 12 ovarian cancer survivors to the stage to recognize them and their individual cancer journeys. Here, ovarian cancer survivors Monique Mueller (left) and Pamela Dulaney (right) show their support to fellow survivor Angelea Cheney (center), who speaks to the attendees.

The rest of the events were held indoors at Sanderson High School in Raleigh.

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a survivors circle
a fun photo booth
educational presentations on hereditary cancer genetics and the latest ovarian cancer therapies

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TEAL SPIRIT Melanie Bacheler, founder of the Gail Parkins Memorial Ovarian Cancer Walk, holds a teal ribbon for ovarian cancer awareness and a teal "hope" sign. Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, associate director of clinical research for the DCI Gynecologic Cancer Disease Group, shows off her teal ovarian cancer awareness socks and teal sneakers. Gynecologic oncologist Brittany Davidson, MD, and her family, don goofy disguises in the event photo booth.

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DCI gynecologic oncology pharmacist Stephanie Shuey, PharmD, BCOP, begins her educational presentation on ovarian cancer treatments; part of the Gail Parkins Ovarian Cancer Memorial Walk & 5K event held on September 23, 2023.

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DCI gynecologic oncology pharmacist Stephanie Shuey, PharmD, BCOP, outlines the differences between chemotherapy and targeted therapy treatments with these slides.

CHEMOTHERAPY: Kills cells that multiply quickly, toxic to cancer cells and healthy cells, and causes "classic" side effects such as weakened immune system, hair loss, nausea, and diarrhea.

TARGETED THERAPY: Targets genes and proteins that help cancer cells survive and grow; less likely to harm healthy cells; may be used for cancer treatment or maintenance therapy; may be given alone or added to chemotherapy; causes unique side effects of high blood pressure, bleeding/clotting problems, and eye issues.