Survivorship Stories

Breast Cancer Survivors Team Up to Keep Their Spirits Afloat

In synch with the beat of a drummer in the prow, 20 women bear down on their paddles, propelling their sleek, 44-foot-long boat across the water, a fanciful dragon’s head pointing the way to the finish line.

They’re among more than 125 members of Western New York’s Hope Chest Dragon Boat team—women ranging in age from 35 to 83, who count among their number two nuns, a correctional officer, a massage therapist, realtors, retirees, nurses, teachers and mothers. All of them are strong, but not all of them started out that way. They’ve built their collective muscle and spirit by training and racing together, and they’ve taken on some tough competitors in regattas across the U.S. and Canada...

 

Survivor Profile: Bob Nuber On “Making The Most Out Of Each Day”

Like many cancer survivors, Bob Nuber sees every day as a gift.

But this month, he’s celebrating something that puts an extra-special spin on that gift of time: His first wedding anniversary.

Cancer Can't Win

More patients are being diagnosed with cancer every day.

Here at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, we must continue to do what we do best – to understand, prevent and cure cancer. Because if we don’t, cancer wins. And Cancer Can’t Win.

  • With more than 3,000 scientific, academic and medical minds – Cancer Can’t Win.
  • When we are leading an advanced genetic program and creating next generation cancer vaccines to prevent it – Cancer Can’t Win.
  • When we are starting 13 new companies to advance our discoveries and share them with the world – Cancer Can’t Win.

Learn more about why Cancer Can’t Win

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