Cancer News & Stories

James B. Yu, MD, MHS

Is Aggressive Prostate Cancer Increasing Nationwide?

A new DCC study shows a concerning rise in advanced and aggressive prostate cancer diagnoses among U.S. men.

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Dartmouth Cancer Center joins statewide effort to increase lung cancer screening

Screening can identify lung cancer before symptoms develop, when treatment may be more effective.

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Dartmouth Cancer Center names Edward Kaftan, PhD, associate director for administration and scientific affairs

Kaftan will have lead responsibility at Dartmouth for Cancer Center research administration and its role in fulfilling the Center’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Steve Leach, Somer Matar, Britton Goodale

A Potential New Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer

Dartmouth Cancer Center researchers uncover a mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells change identity, providing a potential target for preventing or reversing that process.

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Dartmouth Cancer Center Keene celebrates opening of new linear accelerator, expanded cancer treatment space

The ribbon-cutting marks a major milestone in efforts by Cheshire Medical Center to expand access to advanced radiation therapy close to home.

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A New Era of Cellular Therapy and Cancer Care

A new state-of-the-art inpatient cellular therapy unit bridges discovery and delivery of the most advanced care.

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Linton Evans, MD

New Fluorescence-Guided Surgery Clinical Trial Opens to Patients with Glioblastoma

In this video Q&A, neurosurgeon Linton T. Evans, MD, talks about his new clinical trial to improve surgical outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma brain tumors.

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