A Reference Guide to your care at the Duke Cancer Institute BELK BOUTIQUE At the Duke Cancer Institute, we treat your whole person, body and mind—not just your cancer. We’re here to help you with the visible side-eff ects of cancer. The Belk Boutique, located on the For more Bring this ground oor of the Duke Cancer Center, off ers information, call Reference Guide trendy wigs styled in the latest fashions, chic head with you! wraps, turbans, scarves and hats, cosmetics and 919.613.1906. other accessories to help enhance a patient’s See page 1. self-image during cancer treatment. The boutique off ers private consultation rooms for tting wigs, prosthetic devices and surgical garments. pamchastaindesign.com Design, Chastain Pam Design: Graphic Photography Duke Lazarus, Jared Photos: [email protected] Communications DCI Butler, E. Karen dukemedicine.org 27710 NC Durham, Circle Medicine Duke 20 Duke Cancer Center Cancer Duke 58104_DUK_DCC17folder update.mech.indd 1 5/30/17 1:05 PM Cover: Cancer survivor Stephen Albright, 21, a student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, poses with medical oncologists Daniel George, MD, and Michael Harrison, MD. Albright, a former safety on the college football team, was diagnosed with testicular cancer as a freshman. After his diagnosis and initial surgery, Albright chose Duke Cancer Institute for his care since his grandfather had in years past been treated for prostate cancer by George. 7 017 2 m, yste S th S Heal Hea t ity e versve n Uni Un u DukeD © © t g righ rig y opy Copy 58104_DUK_DCC17folder update.mech.indd 2 5/30/17 1:05 PM Welcome to the Duke Cancer Institute Integrating leading-edge research with world-class care Thank you for choosing the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) for your healthcare needs. The DCI is a single entity that eff ectively integrates and aligns cutting-edge research and world-class education with compassionate clinical care. This means your physicians, some of the most renowned medical specialists in the world, have virtually instant access to innovative scientists who continue the quest to fi nd better treatments and a cure for the challenging set of diseases we call cancer. At Duke, we continue to blaze new trails in cancer care and prevention. The Duke Cancer Institute is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only 48 in the nation. The Duke Cancer Center is a state-of-the-art patient care facility consolidating in one convenient location almost all outpatient clinical care services. The facility off ers helpful programs and services, including a patient resource center, retail pharmacy, self-image boutique, quiet room, café and outdoor garden. Top quality Duke cancer care is now closer to home than ever before. For added convenience, depending on the type of cancer and treatment needed, patients can elect to seek care at one of our four cancer centers located in Wake County. Locations include Duke Cancer Center Raleigh, Duke Women’s Cancer Care Raleigh, Duke Cancer Center Cary; and Duke Cancer Center Cary Radiation Oncology. Expanded services in Durham include Duke Cancer Center North Durham and Duke Surgical Oncology at North Duke Street. The recipient of more than $250 million annually in research funding, the Duke Cancer Institute focuses on basic, translational, clinical and population research. The Duke Cancer Institute off ers advanced technologies and techniques long before most clinical trials become routinely available at other healthcare institutions. This pioneering approach to healthcare helps to ensure our patients receive individually tailored cancer treatment options. Through the decades and across the globe, patients and their families have benefi ted from Duke’s unwavering commitment to excellence in cancer care, education and research. Thank you for choosing the Duke Cancer Institute for your care. It is our privilege to provide to you and your family cancer care as it should be. Sincerely, Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute We suggest you bring this reference guide with you to your fi rst visit. We will review the guide with you to help identify areas of particular interest to you. You may wish to highlight sections and perhaps even jot down some notes. The handy pockets Duke University Health System is very proud to have achieved are reserved for the safekeeping of information you may Magnet recognition (2014). receive from your clinicians. If you received a digital copy of this reference guide prior to your fi rst visit, please be sure to request a printed version from your clinical team at your dukecancerinstitute.org fi rst visit. 58104_DUK_DCC2017 interior update.mech.indd 1 5/30/17 11:09 AM 2 For Patients A state-of-the-art facility, leading- edge research and compassionate care — all for you Improving your experience Established in 2012, the Duke Cancer Center was designed with input from patients, families and caregivers to ensure you and your loved ones experience a welcoming, supportive and healing environment. Team-based, disease-specifi c care The Duke Cancer Institute brings together the many aspects of your care into one convenient location. A team of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, medical family therapists, social workers, dieticians and others will work together within a multidisciplinary disease-based program to provide you with your care needs. Registration Duke Cancer Center Registration is designed to improve fl ow and eff ortless navigation of the facility. You will check in with our patient service associates, and Front Desk will receive a pager, which provides additional privacy and allows for visiting other areas of the building until notifi ed to come to your 919.613.1908 appointment. Daniel George, MD, greets cancer survivor Stephen Albright and his grandmother, Trudy Hannaway. Several years ago, George treated Albright’s grandfather for prostate cancer. dukehealth.org Albright, while a freshman at UNC, was successfully treated at Duke for testicular cancer. 58104_DUK_DCC2017 interior update.mech.indd 2 5/30/17 11:09 AM A reference guide to your care at Duke 3 Spaces for you and your family The Duke Cancer Center is open Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. A video introduction to the Duke Cancer Center and video tours of the facility are available at dukemedicine.org/cancertour. To reach the Front Desk, please call 919.613.1908. Café – Level 0 Belk Boutique – Level 0 The Duke Cancer Center Café o ers The 1,000-square-foot Belk Boutique indoor and outdoor seating, a healthy o ers the latest trends in wigs, hats, menu featuring fruits and vegetables caps, scarves, self-image products, and, from time-to-time, cooking post-surgical garments and prosthetics. demonstrations. Private consultation rooms are available. Products and services available to men Resource Center – Level 0 and women. The boutique is open The Resource Center works with your Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. healthcare team to provide written and to 4 p.m. For more information, call online information on specifi c types of 919.613.1906. cancer treatments, side e ects, coping strategies, family issues, nutrition and Garden more. The center o ers educational The beautiful Seese-Thornton Garden of materials, computer kiosks and a skills Tranquility o ers patients and families lab for patients and their families. Books, an outdoor space for meditative thought periodicals, brochures, magazines and and refl ection. The garden is located in more are available to patients and their front of the Duke Cancer Center. Seating families. The Resource Center is open is available. Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Common Areas 919.684.6955. Beginning in the soaring central atrium, the Duke Cancer Center’s common Retail Pharmacy – Level 0 spaces foster a feeling of comfort The Duke Cancer Center Specialty and relaxation. Clinics o er spacious, Pharmacy provides a convenient comfortable waiting areas featuring location for fi lling prescriptions as large windows and natural light. Host well as purchasing over-the-counter stations can be found in waiting areas medications. Our pharmacy is open where volunteers provide information Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. about patient resources. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 919.613.2200. Quiet Room – Level 0 The Quiet Room provides a tranquil NEW! space where patients and their families can take time to refl ect, relax, meditate Charging stations or pray. The Quiet Room inspires peace, quiet and spiritual meditation for available on individuals of all faiths. every fl oor. dukecancerinstitute.org 58104_DUK_DCC2017 interior update.mech.indd 3 5/30/17 11:09 AM 4 For Patients Resources and support We are committed to treating you as a whole decisions, and manage the eff ects of cancer and its person, mind and body, not just your cancer. We treatment. Services include: individual, couple, and believe quality comprehensive cancer care involves family therapy; support groups; self-image resources; attending to issues beyond the scope of traditional pet therapy; child-life services; recreation therapy; models of medicine. We understand cancer not and more. There is no charge to patients and their only aff ects you; it also touches the lives of those families. For more information call 919.684.4497 or surrounding you. The care we provide extends to visit dukehealth.org/cancersupport. your family and your support network. In fact, Patient navigation most of our cancer support services are provided Patient navigation is a patient-centered intervention at no additional charge to you and your loved ones. that eliminates barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other chronic diseases. Duke Consultation and Referral Center Patient navigation has evolved to become a For more information on services off ered at the Duke a “household” term in most cancer centers and is Cancer Institute, contact the Duke Consultation and operationalized diff erently across institutions.