Sunday, December 30, 2012
Many cancer patients get access to the most advanced therapies available by participating in clinical trials, or clinical research studies. Alex Adjei, MD, PhD, Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine and Senior Vice President of Clinical Research...
Sunday, December 23, 2012
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimated that more than 21,000 men and 7,000 women in the United States would be diagnosed with primary liver cancer this year. As we come to the close of 2012, Boris Kuvshinoff, MD, MBA, and Renuka Iyer, MD, both...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
While gastric or stomach cancer shares some risk factors with esophageal cancers, there's an important distinction between these diseases: incidence of gastric cancer has been steadily decreasing in the U.S., while rates of esophageal cancer have...
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Not too many people look forward to going to the dentist, but Roswell Park patients rave about the care they get at the Institute’s Dental & Maxillofacial Care Center. RPCI staff dentists Rachael Rossitto, DDS, and Kathryn Korff, DDS, talk...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
A conversation with two of our newest physician faculty members — gynecologic oncologist Stacey Akers, MD, and gastrointestinal surgeon Steven Nurkin, MD. Drs. Akers and Nurkin, both Assistant Professors of Oncology at the Institute, talk about the...
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Boris Kuvshinoff, II, MD, MBA, and Renuka Iyer, MD, Associate Professors of Oncology and Co-Directors, Liver and Pancreas Tumor Center, discuss pancreatic cancer, a complex and comparatively rare cancer. Studies show that hospitals which perform higher...
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Mary Reid, PhD, Associate Professor of Oncology and Director of Collaborative Research, shares statistics to help dispel the myth that lung cancer is a man’s disease. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women, killing more women...
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Highlights from our live Breast Cancer Q&A, which aired on WBEN-AM/FM in October 2012. Four RPCI experts respond to listeners' questions about all aspects of breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Participating were Ermelinda Bonaccio...
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Highlights from our live Breast Cancer Q&A, which aired on WBEN-AM/FM in October 2012. Four RPCI experts respond to listeners' questions about all aspects of breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Participating were Ermelinda Bonaccio...
Sunday, October 28, 2012
RPCI is one of the leading centers internationally for research on cancer immunotherapy "vaccines," approaches that use the body's own defense mechanisms to treat or prevent cancer. Center for Immunotherapy faculty members Thomas Schwaab,...