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Branching off from the sleek, clean entrance hallway to Norris Cotton Cancer Center's satellite facility in St. Johnsbury, Vt., is a space devoted to a remarkable, unique store: The Circle of Care Boutique.
May 14, 2012
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
He Knows What It Means to Miss New Orleans
When the first evacuation call came, Sujal Shah did what most doctors would do—he remained in the hospital with patients who were left behind.
February 13, 2012
January 30, 2012
The Cancer Center's Nashua Grand Opening
January 16, 2012, marks a big day for Norris Cotton Cancer Center, when Dartmouth-Hitchcock's new facility in Nashua, N.H., officially opens.
January 10, 2012
Touching Patients, Touching History
December 14, 2011
December 06, 2011
Living with cancer increases your risk for complications from influenza ("flu"). If you have cancer now or have had cancer in the past, you are at higher risk for complications from the seasonal flu or influenza, including hospitalization and death.
November 28, 2011
By implementing and studying small tests of changes, Norris Cotton Cancer Center's Neuro-Oncology Program's quality improvement team increased fulfillment of its indicators from 66% to 91% between 2010 to 2011.
November 10, 2011
Home Treatment for Constipation
Home treatment may be all that is needed to treat constipation caused by cancer, pain medicine, inactivity, or the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
October 31, 2011
Men: Discuss PSA Testing with Your Doctor
New federal draft guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that question the necessity of PSA testing for prostate cancer in men should be assessed by men in discussion with their physicians.
October 11, 2011
September 19, 2011
A Surgeon's Personal Call to Cancer Care
April 20, 2011
A museum and an examination room both reward close, thoughtful, thorough observation. In one lives are enhanced, in the other lives may be saved.
October 15, 2010
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center hub may be at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, but the Cancer Center's true home is its broad area of care across multiple states and regionsregions—New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, northwestern Massachusetts, and parts of western New York state.
October 10, 2010
Cancers of the blood, marrow, and lymph nodes—the various leukemias, lymphomas, and myelomas that together are called hematological malignancies—can be stealth diseases.
July 15, 2010
April 20, 2010
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
New Director of Nursing at Norris Cotton Cancer Center
October 15, 2009
Bringing Advanced Care to Our Communities
July 10, 2009
Interdisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Clinic
Gastroenterologist Timothy Gardner, MD, wants to speed the treatment timeline for people newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
January 15, 2009
Murray Korc: Putting Principles into Practice
As both a physician and a scientist, Murray Korc, MD, strives to bring new treatments from the lab bench to the hospital bed.
January 10, 2009
Interdisciplinary Liver Tumor Clinic
The Interdisciplinary Liver Tumor Clinic at Norris Cotton Cancer Center is the only clinic of its kind in New Hampshire.
April 27, 2008
Survivorship Clinic Reaches Out
April 26, 2008
Diagnosed with peripheral T-cell lymphoma a few years ago, Russell Nelson of Bedford, New Hampshire, began seeing hematologist Marc Gautier, MD, at Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
April 15, 2008







