Highlights of Intensive Care Unit include cutting-edge medical equipment, efficient use of space, natural design motifs
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — At a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) unveiled a new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that unites state-of-the-art technology with patient-centered design to support optimal care for those patients with the most sensitive medical needs. The design of...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Vita Golubovskaya, PhD, and five colleagues from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published basic research in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) about two proteins that are overexpressed, or produced in excessive amounts, in tumor cells.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
WHAT: Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to host 56th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012
WHERE: Creekside Banquet Facility, 2669 Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14227
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Educational events during National Minority Cancer Awareness Week focus on awareness, prevention
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — The Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) will hit the streets of Buffalo and Niagara Falls with a new educational program coinciding with National Minority Cancer Awareness Week. Throughout the week of April 15–21, RPCI staff...
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Organization will receive grant to help people affected by cancer
Monday, April 9, 2012
BUFFALO, NY – April 9, 2012 – Today Roswell Park Cancer Institute was announced as a LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project finalist and award recipient.
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RPCI researchers identify genetic variations linked to breast cancer risk in African Americans
Thursday, April 5, 2012
American women of African ancestry are more likely than European Americans to have estrogen-receptor-negative (ER-negative) breast cancer. There continues to be discussion about the role of low levels of vitamin D in the development of breast cancer for these women.
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New hotel-style dining program features expanded menu, greater flexibility for inpatients, caregivers
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has launched a new hotel-style dining program that gives patients a wider range of menu options and more flexibility in what they eat, and when. Called Room Service Dining, the program was designed to meet the needs of cancer patients in...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — More New York smokers in Erie and Niagara counties are selecting cigarette brands manufactured on Native American reservations. That is according to the report “Trends in Cigarette Brand Choice and Cigarette Availability and Marketing on Reservation Retail Stores in...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Dennis Szefel, Chief Strategy Officer for Delaware North Companies, has joined the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Board of Directors. He was appointed to a three-year term on the board by Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, based on...
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