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IMAGE: (L-R) Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock s Norris Cotton Cancer Center Director Steven D. Leach, MD, and Surajit Dhara, PhD, Senior Research Scientist in the Leach laboratory are about to bring change to. view more
Credit: Mark Washburn
LEBANON, NH - By 2030, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most lethal form of pancreatic cancer, is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Not only are therapeutic options limited, but nearly half of all PDAC patients who have their tumors removed surgically experience disease recurrence within a year, despite receiving additional chemotherapy. For more advanced stages, only about one-third of patients have a limited response to approved chemotherapy.
MANCHESTER — New Hampshire Magazine will honor the recipients of its 2021 Excellence in Nursing Awards during a virtual ceremony from 5:30-7 p.m. today.
LEBANON The annual fundraiser for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center known as the Prouty will include both in-person and virtual events this year, the cancer center’s friends group announced.The summer event, which in normal years brings crowds to the.
Study underway to use estrogen to target drug-resistant breast cancer
NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER
LEBANON, NH – Researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) hope to make estrogen therapy a more accessible treatment option for advanced breast cancer patients.
Anti-estrogen treatments, which block growth signals from estrogen receptors in tumors, are effective treatments for estrogen receptors + breast cancer. But it is common for breast tumors to become resistant to anti-estrogen treatments over time. Despite the fact that estrogen therapies are effective in some patients, estrogen therapy is rarely used. An ongoing clinical trial at NCCC will determine whether the strategy of cycling between estrogen therapy and anti-estrogen therapies is effective in human patients with advanced breast cancer.
Upper Valley businesses join opposition to ‘divisive topics’ bill
Modified: 5/2/2021 6:05:02 PM
WEST LEBANON About a dozen Upper Valley institutions, including Dartmouth College, have signed a letter urging New Hampshire lawmakers to reject legislation that critics say would ban businesses, schools and state contractors from teaching about systemic racism.
The measure, which is included in the budget approved last month by the New Hampshire House, would ban the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts,” including the belief that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”
It also would prohibit teaching that the United States is “fundamentally racist or sexist,” and that any person, by virtue of their race or sex, is “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.”