Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is one of just two of the 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers that can lay claim to a “broad representation of oncology nursing” on its public web site, www.roswellpark.org, according to a recent study (“The...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
BUFFALO – Hannelore Heemers, PhD, a researcher in the Department of Urology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is the recipient of one of 21 Young Investigator Awards given by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). Designed to encourage the most innovative minds in cancer research to focus...
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Roswell Park to Offer Free Screenings During Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
BUFFALO – Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s Head and Neck/Dental Clinic will hold free screenings for oral cancer, Friday, April 16, from noon to 5 pm, at the University Presbyterian Church, 3300...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Local efforts raise $100,000 for Roswell Park Cancer Institute
BUFFALO, NY – A caffeine-fueled fundraising effort for Roswell Park Cancer Institute, launched by Dunkin’ Donuts right before the holidays, culminated today when local franchisees presented Roswell representatives with a...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – Premenopausal women at high-risk for breast cancer are invited to participate in a chemoprevention study to determine if whole flaxseed has the potential to reduce their risk for the disease. Swati Kulkarni, MD, Department of Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), is...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), in conjunction with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), is holding a Bone Marrow Donor Drive in the main lobby of Roswell Park on Tuesday, April 27 from 4-6 p.m. Community members, ages 18-60, with no history of cancer, diabetes or...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
BUFFALO – Leonard A. Zwelling, MD, MBA, a nationally recognized expert on health policy, will present the Third Annual Dr. David C. Hohn Lecture, “Red Kool-Aid, Blue Kool-Aid: A Doctor’s Odyssey on Capitol Hill,” Wednesday, April 7, 8- 9:30 a.m. at Roswell Park Cancer...
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Friday, April 2, 2010
On March 22, National Public Radio ran a segment (“Prostate Test: Lifesaver or Big Mistake?) on its “Morning Edition” program on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and the controversy regarding the PSA test as an effective screening tool for prostate cancer. Richard J. Ablin, PhD,...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Buffalo, NY – Canisius College and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) announced today the launch of “Check Yo Nutz,” the first comprehensive testicular cancer awareness campaign on a Western New York college campus. The campaign promotes testicular self-examination for men...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Neal Wilkinson, MD, has joined the clinical faculty of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) as a physician and Associate Professor of Surgery in the Surgical Oncology department. Dr. Wilkinson, who had previously served a fellowship at RPCI, was with the University of Iowa Hospitals...
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