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Focus on Breast Cancer

Focus is the online newsletter for Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

News is posted as it happens, making Focus the most up-to-date source of information about the developments and people at the Cancer Center.

Below are all the Focus articles related specifically to breast cancer. All Focus articles are also available.

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Helping Women Help Themselves

One of the most satisfying aspects of Tracy Onega's work with the New Hampshire Mammography Network (NHMN), she says, is creating an opportunity for the women of New Hampshire to feel like they are contributing to a significant public-health outcome.

May 07, 2012

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Sharing a Difficult Decision

When a patient first walks into Martha Travis-Cook's cozy and quiet office, they're often in a state of shock.

April 09, 2012

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Dartmouth Receives $6.1M Women's Breast Cancer Grant

A new Breast Cancer Screening Center will develop and test new informational tools to help women understand the benefits of screening.

October 24, 2011

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Looking for Mastectomy Alternatives

Dartmouth cancer researchers Michael Sporn, MD, and Karen Liby, PhD, continue their research into promising new agents for preventing ER-negative breast cancer.

April 27, 2011

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Breast Cancer "Conquerors" Enjoy Serious Fun

Happy hour at Molly's Restaurant in Hanover. Most of the nine women gathered at the long, rectangular table order margaritas, only two dollars a drink. "You can't beat the price," one of them laughs. In fact, there is a lot of laughter among this group of friends, teachers, moms, writers, grandmas, businesswomen, and sisters in life experience. They have dubbed themselves TGIF—thank goodness for Fridays, and Mondays, and every day of life after cancer.

June 04, 2010

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Part of the Possibility

On meeting Cindy Carroll one might be tempted to describe her as petite. She's slight of build and just over five feet tall. Talk to her for any length of time, however, and that impression quickly changes.

October 20, 2009

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