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Where Do Prouty Donations Go? Spring 2025 Part 1
Last summer’s record-breaking Prouty fundraiser event raised more than $8 million for ground-breaking research. Here are four of these projects.

James B. Yu, MD, appointed to department of radiation oncology at Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine
Yu will serve as leader of the genitourinary radiation oncology program.

The Mediterranean Diet and Cancer
Can the Mediterranean diet help prevent cancer? This “tried and true” diet option has protective health benefits for everyone.

Dartmouth Cancer Center celebrates expansion of food pantry, funded by philanthropy
Dartmouth Cancer Center celebrated the expansion of its Healing Harvest Food Pantry at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Thursday, February 6.

Positively Shining in Patient Experience: The 2024 Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award
Dartmouth Cancer Center is once again named a top performer nationwide in patient experience.

Walking Lowers Your Cancer Risk
Among other health benefits, research shows that taking regular walks can lower the risk for several cancers.
Helping Healthy Bone Grow After Cancer
Cancer research engineers at Dartmouth Cancer Center are coming up with new methods to repair and replace tissue and bone damaged during cancer treatment.

Video Recipe: Better-for-you Banana Bread Muffins
Oncology dietitian Elise B. Cushman, RD, whips up this bakery favorite with a nutritional twist.

Copper Trial for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Officially Opens to Patients
In this Q&A, Linda T. Vahdat, MD, explains how cancer cells are master manipulators in the body and a promising way to stop them that she is studying in a new clinical trial.

Dartmouth Cancer Center named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2024 list of top hospitals, health systems with oncology programs
The list highlights over 100 institutions with oncology programs driving innovation, research and discovery.