When someone receives a cancer diagnosis, they're faced with a slew of fears, concerns, questions and considerations. More often than not, where and how they'll be treated for their disease is a top priority, and access to clinical trials that may be beneficial to the patient can be a major factor in deciding where to receive treatment. Major urban centers like Boston and New York are well-known medical hubs, but residents of New Hampshire and Vermont need not leave their states for cutting-edge cancer care. As a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—one of just 53 nationwide, and one of three in New England—Dartmouth Cancer Center offers the exceptional care and resources of an academic medical system and access to clinical trials that offer hope to people facing cancer now, and the potential to help many more people in the future.
In Dartmouth Health's next "Connect with the CEO" live segment on Monday May 15, at 12 pm, CEO and president Joanne M. Conroy, MD, will be joined by Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, associate director for clinical research at Dartmouth Cancer Center, for a conversation about clinical trials at Dartmouth Cancer Center. Conroy and Dragnev will be discussing clinical trials at Dartmouth Cancer Center, how patients can benefit from clinical trials, and the importance of having a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in New Hampshire.
"As an NCI designee, part of our charge at Dartmouth Cancer Center is to advance and develop new treatments here in our region and beyond," Dragnev said. "We have a robust system in place to support clinical trials not just at the main campus in Lebanon, but at various satellites sites, from down into southern New Hampshire all the way up to St. Johnsbury, VT. People living with cancer and their loved ones face enough hardships as it is; traveling to New York, Boston or another faraway metro area to get the best care shouldn't have to be part of their struggles. We want everyone in New Hampshire and Vermont to know that, should they get a cancer diagnosis, not only can they get top-notch care and clinical trials close to home, but they can even be part of clinical trials being offered only at Dartmouth Cancer Center at this time. I look forward to my conversation with Dr. Conroy about the work we are doing to save lives and promoting this important information to people around our region."
To watch the segment live, visit the Dartmouth Health Facebook page at noon. The chat function on the live video will be open and viewers who are logged into Facebook will be able to submit questions via the chat. For those unable to watch live at noon, an archived version will be available later on Facebook and Dartmouth Health's YouTube channel. Questions may be submitted in advance to social@hitchcock.org.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.