Mon., Feb. 20 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Dedication and Blessing of the Hands for Duke Cancer Institute faculty and cancer service-related staff Brief program at 5:00 p.m., and guided tours and refreshments
Tues., Feb. 21 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Open House for Duke University and Duke Medicine faculty, staff, and students Remarks at 5:00 p.m., and guided tours and refreshments
Wed., Feb. 22 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. lobby of the Duke Cancer Center Open House for patients, survivors, family members, members of the community, and other special guests Brief program at 1:00 p.m., guided tours and refreshments, and cooking demonstrations, hand massages, and educational displays
- Sally Kornbluth, PhD; Vice Dean for Basic Science, School of Medicine, and James B. Duke Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Inhibition of Apoptosis and Resistance to Chemotherapy
- David Kirsch, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Consequences of Blocking the Tumor Suppressor p53 During Cancer Therapy in Mice
- Kimberly Blackwell, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, HER2 Targeted Agents in Breast Cancer: Are We Close to Developing Drugs Better than Trastuzumab?
- Lee Jones, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Exercise Therapy at the Intersection of Cardiovascular and Tumor Outcomes Following a Cancer Diagnosis
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Chancellor’s Lecture: Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance Charles L. Sawyers, MD Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award Winner Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan~Kettering Cancer Center