Patients and Communities

Walking Beside Patients on Their Cancer Journeys: Stories from Oncology Social Workers
Social workers at Dartmouth Cancer Center share personal stories of advocacy, compassion, and community — revealing the quiet, powerful ways they help patients navigate cancer and life beyond it.

Transformative Advances in Cancer Care: More Personalized, More Precise, More Hopeful
Hematologist-Oncologist Charles Gaulin, MD, shares recent advances in the treatment of both solid tumors and blood cancers and how these innovations are improving outcomes and quality of life.

A New Milestone in Team-Based Lung Cancer Care
Thoracic surgery and interventional pulmonology teams combine expertise to diagnose and treat lung nodules in this first-of-its-kind procedure at Dartmouth Cancer Center.

Complementary Care Program: What’s in Store for 2026
This year brings new offerings and the return of popular favorites, all in support of the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.

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.

A Nurse's Journey Shaped by Cancer
How oncology nurse Maxwell Nowak's childhood cancer experience inspired a career.

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.

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.

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.

Introducing Interim Director Konstantin Dragnev, MD
Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, shares words of support for the extraordinary clinicians, researchers, staff, patients and community members who make Dartmouth Cancer Center such a special place.