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Media Spotlight: News & Observer features Duke’s cancer care
posted January 26th, 2010
Bethany Clements, a registered nurse at the Morris Cancer Clinic at Duke University Hospital, injects a chemotherapy drug into Joseph Hall, 69. Hall was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. Duke Medicine plans a $261 million expansion to its cancer center. Photo by Shawn Rocco. srocco@newsobserver.com
The News & Observer's Eric Ferreri writes:
His oncologist was out of ideas, and Duane Wait was low on hope.
So the South Carolinian looked 240 miles north, where the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a new clinical trial, beckoned.
Now, Wait drives more than four hours to Durham once a month for prostate cancer treatment and testing.
"I've had good treatment here [in Greenville, S.C.], but they just can't compete with Duke," said Wait, a 71-year-old retired Procter & Gamble manager. "It's critical for someone with cancer to have a positive attitude and think there is something hopeful. Going to Duke helps me stay positive and look at the future and not just say, well, you know, life is done."
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