Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health’s Duke Cancer Institute has opened a Small Cell Lung Cancer Center of Excellence.
Laura Alder, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist, serves as the center’s medical director, according to an Oct. 27 news release from Duke Health.
The center provides access to a multidisciplinary team of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and thoracic surgeons, along with specialists from the Duke Center for Cell and Gene Therapy and the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis.
Patients can also receive supportive care through social work, nutrition services, counseling and community partnerships.
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