Press Releases

Auction of pink guitar signed by country stars, sales of pink cowboy hats to benefit RPCI
Thursday, May 31, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Country music is inspiring breast cancer cures at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). Country 106.5 WYRK-FM has been busy collecting autographs from country music stars who have come through Western New York in the last year, on a custom-designed pink guitar to be raffled... Read more
‘Closing the Gap’ event June 1-2 to focus on access to healthcare, employment, education, economic development
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Director of the Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), will give the opening address at BUILD of Buffalo’s 18th annual convention. Under the theme “Closing the Gap:... Read more
Thursday, May 17, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Representatives from Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo and Tops Friendly Markets presented a gift t Read more
RPCI among centers commended for efforts to promote early detection
Thursday, May 17, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — The Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) has recognized Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) as a national leader on early detection of lung cancer. Read more
Grant for $500,000 supports mentoring of junior colleagues
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Alex Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP, Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has received the inaugural Drug Development Research Professorship Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the... Read more
Following hematopoietic stem-cell transplant, drug reduced risk of disease progression by nearly 50%
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Data from the first large U.S. study assessing the effectiveness of long-term “maintenance” therapy with lenalidomide for patients with multiple myeloma show that the drug significantly improves the time to progression and overall survival for patients with this... Read more
6 RPCI graduate students to earn dual degree from Roswell Park/UB and University of Luxembourg
Monday, May 7, 2012
WHAT:         Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), the University at Buffalo (UB) and two European universities Read more
Maryann Mikucki, pre-doctoral trainee in Department of Immunology, earns $10,000 grant
Monday, May 7, 2012
BUFFALO, NY — Maryann Mikucki, a pre-doctoral trainee in the Department of Immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has received a Research Scholar Award from the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation (JMNMF). As part of the JMNMF’s ongoing support for promising... Read more