The 40th Prouty concluded this weekend with a record-breaking success of raising more than $4 million in support of cancer research and patient and family support services at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC).
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Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Cancer Researchers Discover Cutting-Edge Approach to Fighting a Form of Deadly Cancer
Researchers at Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed a way to predict chemotherapy response to tailor treatments for pancreatic cancer patients.
Targeting Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer with Estrogen
Dartmouth researchers achieve better long-term control of drug-resistant breast cancer growth in mice by switching between estrogen and anti-estrogen therapies.
New Hampshire Cancer Researchers Find Cellular Evidence Behind Lasting Immune Response in Some Cancer Survivors
Researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) have found that a certain subpopulation of cells that enters a patient’s skin and blood during immunotherapy is behind the excellent and long-lasting immune responses to cancer that some survivors develop.
Dartmouth Researchers Pilot FLASH Radiotherapy Beam Development for Treatment of Cancer
Dartmouth researchers convert a standard linear accelerator used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to deliver an ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam to patients “in a flash.”
Lionel D. Lewis, MD, Elected as a 2020 Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society
Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MA, MB BCh, has been elected as a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, a premier global society in the science of pharmacology.
Alumni Gifts Will Accelerate Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Dartmouth College alumni and health care investors have committed a total of $1.4 million in gifts to launch the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer which will allow for innovations to the marketplace for the benefit of cancer patients, and provide Dartmouth students with learning opportunities in biomedical entrepreneurship.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Receives Grant to Improve Rural Patient Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
A newly awarded $820,000 grant from The National Cancer Institute will allow a team of multi-disciplinary investigators to increase clinical trial awareness and participation for rural patients who make up almost half of the area served by Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Researchers Find a New Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer
A new study uncovers how the most commonly mutated tumor suppressor gene in cancer and the most commonly mutated oncogene in cancer cooperate to drive formation of pancreatic cancer.
NCI Funds Cancer Immunologists to Investigate Differing Antibody Responses to Coronavirus
A $328,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant will enable researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) to investigate one of the mechanisms that may be responsible for the body’s inability to fight COVID-19.
Upcoming Events
- Resources to Answer Clinical Questions August 3, 2021
- Medicine Grand Rounds, "MRI-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: A New Way of Seeing", Gregory Russo, MD August 6, 2021
- Python Bites Series 5: Lists August 6, 2021
- Medicine Grand Rounds, “Building Systems to Provide Comprehensive Care for Persons Living with Dementia”, Christopher M. Callahan, MD, MACP August 13, 2021
- Python Bites Series 6: Python for Tabular Data August 13, 2021
- PubMed: Beyond the Basics August 16, 2021
- Library Research for Nurses August 17, 2021
- Python Bites Series 7: Python for Data Visualization August 20, 2021
- PubMed Basics August 25, 2021
- Systematic Review Office Hour August 27, 2021
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