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Call for Submissions by Photographers with Strong Ties to the Region
Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize to award local photographer with purchase of work and donation to RPCI’s permanent collection
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Local photographers are encouraged to submit photographic works of art for consideration in the Oseroff Memorial Photography Purchase Prize. The winning work of art will be purchased and donated to Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s (RPCI) permanent art collection. ... Read more
Former San Francisco Giants Pitcher to Share His Inspirational Cancer Journey During a Powerful Weekend & Unforgettable Event
Dave Dravecky joins line-up for The Ride For Roswell 2013 Opening Ceremony
Thursday, May 9, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and The Ride For Roswell are pleased to announce that former San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky will share his inspirational message at The Ride For Roswell 2013 Opening Ceremony on Friday evening, June 21, 2013. Dravecky was a... Read more
Roswell Park Researchers Receive More Than $3.3 Million in Grant Support for Cancer Research Efforts
Recent awards include $1.7M NIH grant to study gender disparity in bladder cancer
Thursday, May 2, 2013
BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is proud to announce that several faculty members have received grant funding totaling more than $3.3 million from federal agencies and other sources. These monies will fund important research that helps to further our understanding of cancer... Read more
Cleveland BioLabs, Roswell Park Announce Publication of Studies Defining Role of Liver in Activity of Entolimod (CBLB502)
Anticancer agent generates immune response that may help to control or prevent liver metastasis
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Buffalo, NY – May 1, 2013 – Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. Read more
A Powerful Weekend, An Unforgettable Event
Country Star LeAnn Rimes to Perform at the 2013 Ride For Roswell Opening Ceremony
Monday, April 29, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and The Ride For Roswell are pleased to announce country star LeAnn Rimes will perform at The Ride For Roswell 2013 Opening Ceremony on Friday evening, June 21, 2013. Read more
New York Genome Center Announces Roswell Park Cancer Institute as Associate Member
Collaborating to further the mission of advancing targeted therapies for cancer and other diseases.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
New York, NY, April 23, 2013  – The New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) today announced that RPCI, a nationally-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY, is joining the organization as an Associate Member. This unique collaboration is... Read more
Roswell Park Celebrates Groundbreaking on New Clinical Sciences Center
Thursday, April 18, 2013
BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) broke ground today to begin construction on its new 11-story Clinical Sciences Center, marking the first new construction at Roswell Park since 2007 and the first clinical expansion since 1998. The 142,000 square-foot facility will be located... Read more
Liver Cancers Armed with Many Strategies for Evading Immune Response
Study by Roswell Park researchers suggests approaches for overcoming resilience of hepatocellular carcinomas
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
BUFFALO, NY — Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published findings that help explain how a common and particularly resilient form of liver cancer evades the body’s natural antitumor responses. Read more
Light Smokers Benefit from Nicotine-Replacement Medications
75% of smokers in Roswell Park-led study said offer of free cessation medication ‘very important’ to quit effort
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
BUFFALO, NY — Light daily smokers, those who smoke fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, have greater success quitting when provided stop-smoking medications and assisted by counselors. Those are the key conclusions of research conducted by scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and... Read more
Lifestyle Factors May Help Prevent Aggressive Forms of Breast Cancer in African-American Women
Roswell Park expert discusses research during cancer disparities symposium at AACR Annual Meeting 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Editor's note: Additionally, more than 30 Roswell Park teams were invited to present research in poster presentations at the meeting. Learn more about highlighted abstracts presented by RPCI researchers and clinicians at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013. Read more