Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center

For more information, visit www.bcm.edu/cancercenter
To schedule an appointment: 713.798.2500

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NCI Designation

The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine offers patients every advantage in the fight against cancer, including a nationally recognized team of cancer specialists from Baylor Clinic and our affiliated hospitals in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center.

Our patients benefit from the latest advancements in cancer treatment based on our outstanding cancer research programs, and personalized care tailored to each individual’s unique needs and biology. We offer the highest-quality cancer care available, including accurate diagnoses, extensive treatment options, access to clinical research trials, and a collaborative approach that improves outcomes and expedites treatment. Our expert physicians offer extensive experience treating a broad scope of cancers, including:

Our Services

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Diagnosis and treatment of cancer
- Clinical Trials: Enter search term: "cancer AND Baylor College of Medicine"
- Cancer Screening at Baylor Clinic Family Medicine
- Medical Oncology - Infusion Therapy – Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Surgical Oncology
- Cell and Gene Therapy
- Bone Marrow Transplantation

Clinical Cancer Genetics
Adult Cancer Genetics Clinic
Appointments: 832.822.4293
Hours: Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Pediatric Genetics Clinic
Appointments: 832.822.4293
Hours: Monday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Saving Lives through Research

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As an academic-based cancer center, the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center offers leading-edge, research-based treatment, including a focus on using each patient’s individual genetic profile to predict, prevent, treat and ultimately cure cancer. With the largest clinical genetics program located right here in Baylor Clinic, our vision of personalized medicine is quickly becoming a reality. We are committed to fulfilling the promise of personalized medicine through an exceptional genomic research program, the rapid translation of new discoveries into improved patient care, and the new Baylor Clinic and Hospital underway, built from the ground up for the delivery of personalized medicine.

Our Mission

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The mission of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center is to provide exceptional patient care, outstanding education for students, innovative research into the causes, prevention and treatment of cancer, and community outreach and education, especially to the underserved.

NCI Designation

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The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center is a National Cancer Society (NCI) designated cancer center. This is a significant designation that places the Duncan Cancer Center among the best in the nation and provides critical program funding to combat cancer.

NCI-designated cancer centers play an important role in their communities and regions and serve to influence standards of cancer prevention and treatment. Most importantly, all NCI-designated cancer centers make significant contributions to advances in cancer research that are integral to understanding, preventing, and treating this disease. Currently, the Duncan Cancer Center is one of 63 such centers nationally and one of three in the state of Texas.

Affiliated Partners

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The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center brings together all of the cancer-related activities from across our affiliated institutions under one umbrella, fast-tracking our efforts to prevent and ultimately cure cancer in all its forms. The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine partners with:

• Baylor Clinic
• Ben Taub General Hospital
• Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Texas Children’s Hospital and Cancer Center

News & Events

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UNBEATABLE: A Bold New Musical

Unbeatable Musical

Tracy Boyd is a high-powered, type-A workaholic whose speed and efficiency give her superhero status - until she ignores a lump in her breast for almost a year. In the trial of her life, Tracy finally confronts her greatest fear: living. Based on the journals of a real-life breast cancer survivor, Unbeatable celebrates hope, laughter and the courage to live every moment.

Healthletters

Focus on Brain Cancer
By Raymond Sawaya, MD and Youssef G. Comair, MD

Focus on Skin Cancer
By Ida Orengo, MD, and John Wolf, MD

Focus on Breast Cancer Advancements
By Jenny Chang, MD

Focus on Breast Imaging
By Emily Sedgwick, MD

Focus on Breast MRI
By Emily Sedgwick, MD

Focus on Pancreatic Cancer
By William E. Fisher, MD

Our Physicians

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Lung Cancer

William Lunn, MD
Garrett Rush Lynch, MD

Surgery
Michael Coselli, MD
Scott Lemaire, MD

Pediatric Cancers

The Texas Children’s Cancer Center (TCCC) is an integral part of the DLDCC with programs that serve pediatric patients and transition young cancer patients to adult care. Offering a wide range of pediatric cancer specialties, the TCCC has one of the largest pediatric oncology training programs in the nation. The TCCC is the site of the Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center, a joint center of Baylor College of Medicine and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, that pursues both population based and molecular epidemiology studies of childhood cancer. Cancer genetic studies are undertaken through participation in the NCI-supported Texas Cancer Genetics Consortium.

The care has been excellent at Baylor Clinic since the day it opened. I have been treated with respect by skilled professionals. Tests are performed promptly and results are timely. The front desk staff is friendly, efficient and kind!