Cancer News & Stories

David Finley, MD, and Dana Ferrari-Light, DO, MPH

Leveling Up Thoracic Cancer Care with Single-Port Robotic Surgeries

Less pain, shorter hospital stays, and improved outcomes become reality for some Dartmouth Cancer Center patients facing chest or lung cancers.

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Maxwell Nowak at The Prouty

A Nurse's Journey Shaped by Cancer

How oncology nurse Maxwell Nowak's childhood cancer experience inspired a career.

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Healing Harvest

This Year at Healing Harvest Food Pantry

By the numbers, Dartmouth Cancer Center Healing Harvest Program Manager Julia Boger-Hawkins shares the leaps and bounds the program has made in 2025.

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Jan Winchester

A Cancer Survivor’s Crafts Bring Comfort and Joy to Patients

A real-life Mrs. Claus, cancer survivor Jan Winchester, returns to spread joy, laughter, and love where it’s needed most.

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From left, Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington administrative director Caryn Packard, nutritionist Kristin Irace, RD, LDN and oncology social worker Elizabeth Fredland, LICSW, with patient food bags from Healing Harvest.

New food pantry opens at Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington

The launch of Healing Harvest in Bennington was supported by donations to the SVRCC Patient Resource Fund, through the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Foundation.

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Linton Evans, MD

Redefining What’s Possible in Brain Cancer Care

Neurosurgeon Linton Evans, MD, blends compassion and cutting-edge technologies to give patients with brain tumors more time and a better quality of life.

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Chun-Chieh Lin, MD, PhD

Real-Time Diagnosis for Brain Tumors

A new rapid-diagnosis technique developed at Dartmouth can identify brain-tumor type in just hours—even during surgery. This innovation could help patients start the right treatment sooner.

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