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Focus on Lung / Esophageal / Thoracic 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 lung, esophageal, and thoracic cancers. All Focus articles are also available.

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New Tool Measures Secondhand Smoke

You know exposure to secondhand smoke is unhealthy. What if you had a tool to help explain the risks to well intentioned, back-porch-smoking relatives and friends?

April 22, 2013

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Protect Children from Third Hand Smoke Exposure

How tobacco smoke lives and lingers long after the smoke has "supposedly" cleared.

February 04, 2013

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The Road to Recovery. Coming Together. Moving Forward.

They had driven from Keene, Nashua, Manchester, and Springfield, Vermont, for this gathering. This group of seventeen cancer survivors and spouses had never met before, but they shared a common experience of losing an esophagus to cancer.

November 20, 2012

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Rate Films with Smoking "R" and Cut Smoking Onset by Teens

New Cancer Center research uncovers, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking. And it's a big impact.

July 16, 2012

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New CT Scan for Lung Cancer Screening Debuts at Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Thanks to research conducted at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, smokers can now take an active role in making decisions about their long-term health.

June 27, 2012

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Surgeon General Cites Cancer Center Studies in New Youth Smoking Report

It's shocking. Every day, more than 1,200 people in the United States die from smoking-related causes—more than 440,000 Americans every year.

March 19, 2012

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From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

After more than 10 years of work, a Cancer Center research team has found a very promising drug combination therapy for lung cancer patients.

October 11, 2011

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Clinical Research Nurses

When Sara Simeone, RN, talks to a patient about entering a clinical trial, she has one overriding concern—the patient's well-being.

April 10, 2008

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