Roswell Park Cancer Institute provides comprehensive, individualized gastro-intestinal and colorectal cancer care for about 700 inpatient admissions and over 15,000 outpatient visits annually, including an influx of almost 1,000 new patients.

There are about 18,000 cases of colon, rectum, esophagus, stomach, liver, and pancreatic cancer diagnosed annually in New York State, with about 1,700 cases from the Western New York Region according to the New York State Tumor Registry. There are about 5100 cases of colon cancer diagnosed annually in New York State, with about 770 cases from the Western New York Region, and there are about 1900 cases of rectum or rectosigmoid cancer diagnosed annually in New York State, with about 300 cases from the Western New York Region according to the New York State Tumor Registry.

The Gastroenterologists at Roswell Park founded the “stop and go” chemotherapy regimen, and offer specialized care for elderly people. Our multi-disciplinary team includes an elite group of surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.

Roswell Park has 20 clinical research studies that are aggressively seeking answers to the most challenging new questions in the area of GI and Colorectal cancers each year.

As healthcare choice becomes more patient and family-centered, access to meaningful indicators of high quality care becomes more critical in selecting your care team. The links provide general information regarding patients who were treated at Roswell Park for colorectal cancer, the characteristics of their cancer, and their treatment. We have also provided information on the performance of the Roswell Park Gastrointestinal Colorectal Program against nationally accepted quality benchmarks and have provided survival statistics on patients treated at Roswell Park.

In assessing these data, it is important that the user of these data recognize the characteristics of individuals who come to a cancer center may differ somewhat from those who do not. For example, as you will see in the graphs, Roswell Park tends to see individuals who are somewhat younger than the national average and more patients with advanced stage of cancer come to Roswell Park. It is not surprising that a large cancer center attracts younger individuals and those with more advanced cancer. They may specifically choose to come to the cancer center to get more specialized care or to participate in clinical studies addressing new ways to treat aggressive cancers.

The available links will take you to several indicators to consider when making your choice. They are among the standards by which to judge quality healthcare and exemplify Roswell Park.