When the center was founded, in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, it was with the belief that bringing together scientists and researchers of different backgrounds and specialties could be essential in finding new tools and treatments in the fight against cancer.
“Roswell Park is at the forefront of research on gastroesophageal cancer, and these studies are aiming to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation in patients.”
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been instrumental in the modernization of PDT for treating other forms of cancer – most recently as a part of the therapy for pleural mesothelioma, a rare but aggressive form of lung cancer.
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the community around Buffalo — the City of Good Neighbors — was challenged in ways hard to fathom. Through some of the darkest hours, moments of love, acceptance, unity and kindness emerged.
A new treatment strategy designed at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center aims to deliver a one-two punch to airway tumors that threaten a patient’s ability to breathe — and a phase 2 clinical trial will evaluate how well it works.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reports that when adolescents’ still-developing brains are exposed to nicotine, it can affect learning, memory and attention span.
“People generally get a combination of local treatments that directly affect the breast such as surgery and radiation, as well as systemic therapy, or medical treatments that affect the whole body.”