Dartmouth Health Launches Program Focused on the Intersection of Climate Change and Cancer Care—NHPR

Read article—Interview with Katie Lichter, an assistant professor of radiation oncology and health policy, and inaugural director of the new Division of Resilient and Sustainable Cancer Care in the Dartmouth Cancer Center. Lichter's team is looking at how cancer treatment can impact the environment and how treatment can be impacted by climate change. "Do patients have a harder time recovering because their bodies are stressed by other factors? Whether that's mental stress or actual stress from the poor air quality? We don't know. But all things that we're very interested in exploring further," Lichter said.