New Duke Sarcoma Center Announced

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The Duke Cancer Institute is excited to announce the establishment of the Duke Sarcoma Center, a center of excellence for sarcoma treatment and research.

Spearheaded by orthopedic surgical oncologist and professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics, Brian E. Brigman, MD, PhD, the Center is the natural outgrowth of DCI’s Sarcoma Disease Group — a program recognized for innovative personalized treatment grounded in state-of-the-art clinical and basic-science research and committed to training the next generation of sarcoma clinicians and scientists.

“Care for sarcoma patients has gone on for decades at Duke, but over the last 15 years or so, our specialized team has really grown into a national leader in this area. The Duke Sarcoma Center is a recognition of this accomplishment and a new beginning of even better care, research, and training at Duke,” says Brigman.

The multidisciplinary team is comprised of 25 specialists — physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and researchers across the disciplines of orthopedic surgery, surgical oncology, medical oncology, pediatric oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, neurosurgery, and pathology.

“We see more than 900 new patients in the Duke Cancer Institute’s Sarcoma Clinic per year across all specialties and are actively caring for more than 2000 patients. The majority are in active treatment or long-term-follow up or survivorship,” notes Brigman. “Sarcomas may be rare cancers, but they’re not rare for us. With our experience comes greater expertise.”

Read more here: https://dukecancerinstitute.org/news/new-duke-sarcoma-center-announced


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