Duke Cancer Center

The Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located in Durham, North Carolina. It is part of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University Health System and specializes in the treatment and prevention of cancer. The DCI was ranked 41st in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 list of top cancer hospitals and sees more than 10,000 new cancer patients each year.

In November 2010, Victor Dzau, MD, chancellor of health affairs for Duke University, officially established the DCI, which integrates and aligns patient care and basic and clinical research with the goal of improving patient outcomes, decreasing the burden of cancer, and accelerating scientific progress.

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. On February 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened the Duke Cancer Center, a new seven-floor building devoted exclusively to cancer care.