Prior to 2011, the life expectancy of an individual diagnosed with metastatic melanoma was generally measured in months. There were no good treatment options. Among patients diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, 50% developed metastasis to the brain, and only 5% were still alive five years after diagnosis.

A family has made a $1 million gift to create two $500,000 endowments to support sarcoma patient care and research at Duke.

Most people understand the importance of team building, but few take it as seriously as Bob Keegan: building innovative and successful teams was the tenet of his professional career. Now Keegan is empowering a pioneering Duke Health team with a transformational gift to kick-start the new Duke Heart Precision and Innovation Collaboratory headed by Manesh Patel, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiology and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, and the Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Cardiology.

A generous donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, hopes to move the needle on prostate cancer research at Duke. Their $1 million gift in the form of unrestricted funds for prostate cancer research, will support the work of Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, Johnston-West Endowed Department Chair of Pathology, to conduct prostate cancer research in partnership with the Duke Cancer Institute’s (DCI) Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers.

School of Nursing (DUSON) alumna Bettye Martin Musham has committed $8 million to address the most pressing issues of wellness, prevention and more.

A $1.5 million legacy gift from an anonymous family will help support Duke Heart transplant patients.

A partnership between Duke Health, Durham Technical Community College and Durham Public Schools has been awarded a transformative $29.5 million grant.

Duke has received a new $1.25 million, five-year gift from an anonymous family that builds on their previous support for the Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation.

Krista Patterson and Jonathan Wigser have made a planned gift commitment of their estate to Duke Children's, Duke Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, and Fuqua School of Business.

In honor of DCI's 50th anniversary, our amazing donors helped us raise more than $86 million for cancer research and care.