For Immediate Release
March 25, 2009

BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is listed among the nation’s best cancer hospitals by AARP The Magazine.

Eight hospitals, including Roswell Park, made the cancer specialty list. Also appearing on the list are The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; City of Hope, Duarte, CA; The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; and Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.

“I am proud that Roswell Park Cancer Institute has achieved this national recognition for the high quality care provided to its patients. It is an honor to be recognized by our colleagues as one of the best cancer hospitals in the nation,” said Judy Smith, MD, FACS, Medical Director, RPCI.

“Everyone who walks through our doors understands the quality and excellence of our cancer care, our services and programs and our staff and faculty,” said Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP, President & CEO, RPCI. “This recognition by AARP helps to raise national awareness of Roswell Park.”

The list was compiled by Consumers’ Checkbook, a nonprofit organization, and coincides with the release of the May/June issue of AARP The Magazine. Consumers’ Checkbook surveyed doctors from across the country and collected 140,000 ratings of hospitals in their own communities and asked the doctors whether, and where, they would recommend patients seek care in other communities for extremely difficult cases of heart conditions, cancer, and other ailments.

With more than 34 million readers nationwide, AARP The Magazine is the world’s largest-circulation magazine and the lifestyle publication for Americans 50+.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898, is the nation’s first cancer research, treatment and education center. The Institute was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. RPCI is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit RPCI’s website at http://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or email askrpci@roswellpark.org.

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