Duke Today Schools Feed / en Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:07:47 -0400 Tue, 08 Apr 25 15:02:19 -0400 How Duke Research Turned Failure Into Hope for Patients With Breast Cancer /2025/04/how-duke-research-turned-failure-hope-patients-breast-cancer In the McDonnell lab, a long journey with unlikely discoveries Duke Today /2025/04/how-duke-research-turned-failure-hope-patients-breast-cancer Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:02:19 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Basic Science Departments|Duke Cancer Institute|Faculty|Pharmacology & Cancer Biology|School of Medicine Drug Trials Saved Lenny, and Will Help Thousands More /2025/03/drug-trials-saved-lenny-and-will-help-thousands-more For some people with metastatic cancer, surviving can depend on a combination of factors – some of it specific to the disease, some of it good fortune.  That was true for Lenny Santoro. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011 at age 59, and, thanks to clinical trials he participated in at the Duke Cancer Institute, he is today healthier than he was before he was diagnosed. Santoro had surgery in 2011 for his prostate cancer. After the operation, Santoro was referred to the Duke Cancer Institute for the clinical trials that would save his life. One trial, called EXTEND,… Duke Today /2025/03/drug-trials-saved-lenny-and-will-help-thousands-more Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:57:11 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|Research|School of Medicine Helping Cancer Patients: ‘I Like How I Look Again’ /2025/03/helping-cancer-patients-i-how-i-look-again Duke Health News /2025/03/helping-cancer-patients-i-how-i-look-again Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:59:19 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|School of Medicine New Understanding for a Rare Breast Tumor from Duke Cancer Institute Researchers /2025/02/new-understanding-rare-breast-tumor-duke-cancer-institute-researchers Duke Cancer Institute /2025/02/new-understanding-rare-breast-tumor-duke-cancer-institute-researchers Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:27:49 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|School of Medicine Duke Experts on Why More Younger Women are Getting Cancer /2025/02/duke-experts-why-more-younger-women-are-getting-cancer Duke Health /2025/02/duke-experts-why-more-younger-women-are-getting-cancer Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:01:56 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|Obstetrics and Gynecology|School of Medicine New Blood Test for Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients /2025/02/new-blood-test-advanced-prostate-cancer-patients Duke Health /2025/02/new-blood-test-advanced-prostate-cancer-patients Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:26:31 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|School of Medicine Michael Kastan on What’s Next in Cancer Care /2025/02/michael-kastan-whats-next-cancer-care School of Medicine /2025/02/michael-kastan-whats-next-cancer-care Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:22:32 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|School of Medicine Non-Surgical Options for Some Early Breast Cancer /2024/12/non-surgical-options-some-early-breast-cancer Duke Health /2024/12/non-surgical-options-some-early-breast-cancer Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:57:45 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|School of Medicine|Surgery $50 Million Gift to Bring Proton Therapy to Duke Will Greatly Enhance Cancer Treatment Options in the Region /2024/12/50-million-gift-bring-proton-therapy-duke-will-greatly-enhance-cancer-treatment-options Duke Health news /2024/12/50-million-gift-bring-proton-therapy-duke-will-greatly-enhance-cancer-treatment-options Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:49:34 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Cancer Institute|Faculty|Radiology|School of Medicine Keynote Speaker Hong Chen Delivers Centennial Thaddeus Samulski Lectureship /2024/10/keynote-speaker-hong-chen-delivers-centennial-thaddeus-samulski-lectureship Duke Radiation Oncology /2024/10/keynote-speaker-hong-chen-delivers-centennial-thaddeus-samulski-lectureship Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:17:44 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Centennial|Duke Cancer Institute|Faculty|Radiology|School of Medicine