Duke Cancer Institute

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| Name = Duke Cancer Institute

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| Location = Durham

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| State = North Carolina

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| Speciality = Oncology

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| Affiliation = Duke University

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| Founded = 1971

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| Website = {{URL|http://dukecancerinstitute.org}}

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The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, research facility, and hospital.{{cite web|url=http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/dccc.html|title=Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center|work=cancer.gov|publisher=National Cancer Institute|accessdate=2009-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820171931/http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/dccc.html|archive-date=2007-08-20|url-status=dead}} Founded in 1971, the center is part of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University Health System located in Durham, North Carolina, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.dukehealth.org/Services/Cancer|title=Cancer Services|publisher=Duke University Health System |accessdate=2009-07-30}}{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Patrick |date=2022-04-14 |title=Cancer survivor highlight of Duke Cancer Institute 50th anniversary |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2022/04/15/pancreatic-cancer-survivor-highlight-of-duke-cancer-institute-50th-anniversary |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}}

The center specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer and was ranked 41st in the U.S. News & World Report's 2021 list of top cancer hospitals.{{Cite web |title=Best Cancer Hospitals |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/cancer |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=U.S. News & World Report}} More than 10,000 new cancer patients are seen at Duke each year.{{Cite web |title=About - Duke Cancer Institute |url=http://www.dukecancerinstitute.org/about |access-date=2021-05-25 |publisher=Duke Cancer Institute}} The institute signed the National Cancer Act of 1971 and became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1973.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=50 years of Duke cancer care |url=https://cancerletter.com/in-the-archives/20220708_6/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Cancer Letter |language=en-US}}

In November 2010, Victor Dzau, MD, chancellor of health affairs for Duke University, formally unveiled the Duke Cancer Institute, during the topping out ceremony for the new building.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/10170082/article-Public-gets-first-official-glimpse-at-Duke-Cancer-Center-at-topping-out-ceremony?instance=homeseventhleft|title=Public gets first official glimpse at Duke Cancer Center at topping-out ceremony|publisher=Herald Sun|accessdate=2010-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110141/http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/10170082/article-Public-gets-first-official-glimpse-at-Duke-Cancer-Center-at-topping-out-ceremony?instance=homeseventhleft|archive-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead}}

The DCI is a single entity—the first of its kind at Duke—that integrates and aligns patient care and basic and clinical research with the goals of improving patient outcomes, decreasing the burden of cancer and accelerating scientific progress.{{cite web|url=http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/dccc.html|title=Cancer Centers Program|publisher=National Cancer Institute|accessdate=2011-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820171931/http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/dccc.html|archive-date=2007-08-20|url-status=dead}}

Michael B. Kastan, a cancer scientist and Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, was named as the first Executive Director of the Duke Cancer Institute in May 2011.{{cite web|url=http://dukechronicle.com/article/kastan-lead-duke-cancer-institute|title=Kastan to Lead Duke Cancer Institute|publisher=Duke Chronicle|accessdate=2011-07-05}} Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang became the institute's first female Chief of Breast Surgery.{{cite web |title=First female chief of breast surgery at Duke named one of Time’s ‘Most Influential Americans’ |url=https://apnews.com/52f94fa8c8268ea9de435b8b2f70247a |website=apnews.com |accessdate=March 29, 2020 |date=March 26, 2018}}

On February 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened the Duke Cancer Center, a new seven-floor building devoted exclusively to cancer care.{{cite web |title=OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW DUKE CANCER CENTER |url=https://today.duke.edu/2012/02/cancercenteropenhouse |website=today.duke.edu |accessdate=March 29, 2020 |date=February 14, 2012}}