Kevin Sowers, Duke University Hospital president, speaks during an open house for Duke community members of the new Duke Cancer Center Tuesday night.

The open house was one of several public events this week as the Cancer Center prepares to accept its first patients on Feb. 27.  A scientific symposium and a lecture from Dr. Charles Sawyers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center were scheduled for Wednesday.

At the open house, Dr. Victor J. Dzau, president and CEO of Duke Health System, discussed how the new building was a physical manifestation of the core values of Duke Medicine.  "The facility was designed with the patients and care teams in mind," he said.

Pictured below, Dr. Michael Kastan, center, director of the Duke Cancer Institute, talks with Matthew Kan, left, fourth-year Duke University School of Medicine student, and Kan's parents, Grace and John Kan, at the open house. As part of the festivities, Kan gave a violin performance in the atrium of the new building.

Photos by Jared Lazarus/Duke Photography

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