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A Look Inside the Lab: RPCI Honors Lab Professionals
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 4:04pm
Beth Lynch
Laboratory Administrator, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, RPCI
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Roswell Park patients rarely meet the team working behind the scenes – a team just as dedicated to understanding, preventing and curing cancer.

This past week (April 22-26, 2013) marked National Laboratory Professionals Week. The clinical laboratory team at RPCI is very aware that behind every sample we receive and analyze, there is a patient with a story.

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RPCI Volunteers Leave a Lasting Impression
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 9:46am
Gene Snusz
Front-Door Greeter, Volunteer
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April 22-26, 2013 marks National Volunteer Week and I am proud to call myself a volunteer as a front-door greeter at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

You can find me every Wednesday morning near Roswell Park’s front entrance, holding the door for visitors, helping new patients find their way around the building, and assisting with various drop-offs and deliveries. As a volunteer, I am here to help in any way I can.

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Oral Sex Linked to Rise in Oral Cancers
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 12:39pm

What does your sex life have to do with your cancer risk? More than you might realize. This month, recognized as Oral Cancer Awareness Month, take a few minutes to understand how your sex life may affect your risk of oral cancer.

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Oral Sex Linked to Rise in Oral Cancers
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 12:39pm

What does your sex life have to do with your cancer risk? More than you might realize. This month, recognized as Oral Cancer Awareness Month, take a few minutes to understand how your sex life may affect your risk of oral cancer.

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New Research Offers Hope for Bladder Cancer Prevention
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 11:35am
Yuesheng Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor of Oncology, Department of Cancer Prevention & Control
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Thanks to a National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant, I am leading a team of researchers at Roswell Park to study gender disparities in bladder cancer that will hopefully lead to bladder cancer prevention.

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New Research Offers Hope for Bladder Cancer Prevention
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 11:35am
Yuesheng Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor of Oncology, Department of Cancer Prevention & Control
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Thanks to a National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant, I am leading a team of researchers at Roswell Park to study gender disparities in bladder cancer that will hopefully lead to bladder cancer prevention.

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Heal With Your Heart: An Introduction to Healing Touch
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 2:56pm
Lynda Beaupin, MD
Sue Hess, PhD
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A new pilot program introduced to members of RPCI's Carly’s Club, offers patients, parents, and members of their care team a chance to learn a new heart-centered approach called Healing Touch. Healing Touch is recognized by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) as an energy medicine or biofield therapy.

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Roswellness Radio: Immunotherapy in Melanoma Treatment
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 9:13am

In the most recent edition of Roswellness Radio, Nikhil Khushalani, MD, Director of the IL-2 Program at RPCI, discusses immunotherapy as an effective treatment for melanoma. Dr. Khushalani explains why melanoma is so receptive to immunotherapy, discusses the hope that this treatment can bring to melanoma patients, and shares a few facts about this disease.

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Using Radiation Therapy to Shock Kidney Cancer Cells Into Submission
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 7:31am
Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Urology and Immunotherapy

Until recently, radiation therapy has played a very limited role in the treatment of kidney tumors. But, as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month winds down, I want to share with you a promising discovery and new clinical research study that may introduce a new role for radiation in fighting this disease.   

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Using Radiation Therapy to Shock Kidney Cancer Cells Into Submission
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 7:31am
Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Urology and Immunotherapy

Until recently, radiation therapy has played a very limited role in the treatment of kidney tumors. But, as Kidney Cancer Awareness Month winds down, I want to share with you a promising discovery and new clinical research study that may introduce a new role for radiation in fighting this disease.   

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