Data Sources and Research About Our Catchment Area

We are committed to advancing research that responds to New Hampshire and Vermont's cancer needs and health.

Below are resources and tools to support our researchers in accessing data and maps about our catchment area.

If researchers need additional mapping and data resources, please contact our Catchment Area Data Specialist at Heather.A.Carlos@dartmouth.edu.

Cancer InFocus - Dartmouth Cancer Center

Cancer InFocus website screenshot
Screenshot of the Cancer InFocus website.

Our COE team hosts Cancer InFocus – Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) to support our scientific community in accessing information about our catchment area. This interactive tool allows users to generate catchment area maps and access the supporting data, including data on:

  • Cancer incidence and mortality
  • Cancer screening and risk factors
  • Disparities and social vulnerability
  • Housing and transportation
  • Sociodemographic characteristics

Cancer InFocus – DCC also includes bivariate mapping, hotspot detection, and the ability to create county profiles. 

Visit Cancer InFocus – DCC

Questions or suggestions about the Cancer InFocus can be directed to Heather.A.Carlos@dartmouth.edu.

Additional data sources about our catchment area

We have also prepared a list of select national and local sources of data about our catchment area for those wanting additional details.

Presentations about our catchment area

The COE team, along with community partners and colleagues across the cancer center, have coordinated several presentations about cancer in our catchment area. Video recordings can be found here:

Dartmouth publications about our catchment area

We have selected several papers and reports about cancer and cancer risk factors in our catchment area, including some related to our four priority cancers:

  • Breast cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Melanoma cancer

These may be of particular interest to researchers who are preparing grant applications, presentations, and publications and would like to understand what is already known about our area.

If there are other publications you think should be featured here, please email DCC.Community.Outreach@dartmouth.edu.

Bladder cancer

  1. Baris, D., Waddell, R., Beane Freeman, L. E., Schwenn, M., Colt, J. S., Ayotte, J. D., ... & Silverman, D. T. (2016). Elevated bladder cancer in Northern New England: the role of drinking water and arsenic. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 108(9), djw099.
  2. Barry, K. H., Jones, R. R., Cantor, K. P., Freeman, L. E. B., Wheeler, D. C., Baris, D., ... & Ward, M. H. (2020). Ingested nitrate and nitrite and bladder cancer in Northern New England. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 31(1), 136.
  3. Kwong, R. C., Karagas, M. R., Kelsey, K. T., Mason, R. A., Tanyos, S. A., Schned, A. R., ... & Andrew, A. S. (2010). Arsenic exposure predicts bladder cancer survival in a US population. World journal of urology, 28, 487-492.

Breast cancer

  1. Celaya, M. O., Rees, J. R., Gibson, J. J., Riddle, B. L., & Greenberg, E. R. (2006). Travel distance and season of diagnosis affect treatment choices for women with early-stage breast cancer in a predominantly rural population (United States). Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 851-856.
  2. Schwedhelm, T. M., Rees, J. R., Onega, T., Zipkin, R. J., Schaefer, A., Celaya, M. O., & Moen, E. L. (2020). Patient and physician factors associated with Oncotype DX and adjuvant chemotherapy utilization for breast cancer patients in New Hampshire, 2010–2016. BMC Cancer, 20, 1-13.

Cancer epidemiology

  1. Rees, J. R., Weiss, J. E., Gunn, C. M., Carlos, H. A., Dragnev, N. C., Supattapone, E. Y., ... & Peacock, J. L. (2023). Cancer epidemiology in the Northeastern United States (2013–2017). Cancer Research Communications, 3(8), 1538-1550.

Children

  1. Rees, J. R., Weiss, J. E., Riddle, B. L., Craver, K., Zens, M. S., Celaya, M. O., & Peacock, J. L. (2022). Pediatric cancer by race, ethnicity and region in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(10), 1896-1906.
  2. Ricci, A., Longacre, M., Ramesh, N., Kim, J., Burke, A., & Rees, J. (2022). New Hampshire Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: A qualitative study. Journal of Registry Management, 49(4), 198.
  3. Yim, G., McGee, G., Gallagher, L., Baker, E., Jackson, B. P., Calafat, A. M., ... & Howe, C. G. (2023). Metals and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances mixtures and birth outcomes in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study: Beyond single-class mixture approaches. Chemosphere, 329, 138644.

Colorectal cancer

  1. Butterly, L. F., Siegel, R. L., Fedewa, S., Robinson, C. M., Jemal, A., & Anderson, J. C. (2021). Colonoscopy outcomes in average-risk screening equivalent young adults: data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry. Official Journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG, 116(1), 171-179.
  2. Calderwood, A. H., Tosteson, T. D., Walter, L. C., Hua, P., & Onega, T. (2022). Colonoscopy utilization and outcomes in older adults: Data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(3), 801-811.
  3. Rice, K., Sharma, K., Li, C., Butterly, L., Gersten, J., & DeGroff, A. (2019). Cost‐effectiveness of a patient navigation intervention to increase colonoscopy screening among low‐income adults in New Hampshire. Cancer, 125(4), 601-609.

Disparities

  1. Gunn, C. M., Berrian, K., Weiss, J. E., Tosteson, A. A., Hasson, R. M., Di Florio-Alexander, R., ... & Rees, J. R. (2023). A population-based survey of self-reported delays in breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancer screening. Preventive Medicine, 175, 107649.
  2. Mackwood, M. B., Tosteson, T. D., Alford-Teaster, J. A., Curtis, K. M., Lowry, M. L., Snide, J. A., ... & Tosteson, A. N. (2022). Factors influencing telemedicine use at a Northern New England cancer center during the COVID-19 pandemic. JCO Oncology Practice, 18(7), e1141-e1153.
  3. Skipper, T. A., Weiss, J. E., Carlos, H. A., Gunn, C. M., Hasson, R. M., Peacock, J. L., ... & Rees, J. R. (2023). A survey of cancer risk behaviors, beliefs, and social drivers of health in New Hampshire and Vermont. Cancer Research Communications, 3(8), 1678-1687.

Kidney cancer

  1. Cancer Incidence Report Merrimack, NH January 2023 A Summary of Data Analysis and Decision-Making (PDF). New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Services.

Lung cancer

  1. Finley, D. J., Stevens, C. J., Emond, J. A., Batsis, J. A., Fay, K. A., Darabos, C., ... & Lyons, K. D. (2021). Potential effectiveness of a surgeon-delivered exercise prescription and an activity tracker on pre-operative exercise adherence and aerobic capacity of lung cancer patients. Surgical oncology, 37, 101525.
  2. Fleisch, A. F., Rokoff, L. B., Garshick, E., Grady, S. T., Chipman, J. W., Baker, E. R., ... & Karagas, M. R. (2020). Residential wood stove use and indoor exposure to PM2. 5 and its components in Northern New England. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 30(2), 350-361.
  3. Hasson, R. M., Fay, K. A., Phillips, J. D., Millington, T. M., & Finley, D. J. (2021). Rural barriers to early lung cancer detection: exploring access to lung cancer screening programs in New Hampshire and Vermont. The American Journal of Surgery, 221(4), 725-730.
  4. Phillips, J. D., Fay, K. A., Ramkumar, N., Hasson, R. M., Fannin, A. V., Millington, T. M., & Finley, D. J. (2020). Long-Term Outcomes of a Preoperative Lung Resection Smoking Cessation Program. Journal of Surgical Research, 254, 110-117.
  5. Schiffelbein, J. E., Carluzzo, K. L., Hasson, R. M., Alford-Teaster, J. A., Imset, I., & Onega, T. (2020). Barriers, facilitators, and suggested interventions for lung cancer screening among a rural screening-eligible population. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11, 2150132720930544.

Promise partnership

  1. Tosteson, A. N., Kirkland, K. B., Holthoff, M. M., Van Citters, A. D., Brooks, G. A., Cullinan, A. M., ... & Nelson, E. C. (2023). Harnessing the Collective Expertise of Patients, Care Partners, Clinical Teams, and Researchers Through a Coproduction Learning Health System: A Case Study of the Dartmouth Health Promise Partnership. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 46(2), 127-138.
  2. Van Citters, A. D., Kennedy, A. M., Kirkland, K. B., Dragnev, K. H., Leach, S. D., Buus-Frank, M. E., ... & Tosteson, A. N. (2022). Prioritizing measures that matter within a person-centered oncology learning health system. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 6(3), pkac037.

Prostate cancer

  1. Ghali, F., Celaya, M., Laviolette, M., Ingimarsson, J., Carlos, H., Rees, J., & Hyams, E. (2018). Does travel time to a radiation facility impact patient decision‐making regarding treatment for prostate cancer? A study of the New Hampshire state cancer registry. The Journal of Rural Health, 34, s84-s90.