Press Releases

RPCI partners with NFMMC to open information center in Niagara Falls
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A groundbreaking research project conducted by Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), the University at Buffalo and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has become the springboard for a new health and wellness resource in the Cataract City. Read more
Effort will examine genetic factors in common diseases and advance field of personalized medicine
Friday, December 9, 2011
The Roswell Park Cancer Institute Genome Project was approved December 8, 2011 as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative. RPCI will lead this project, which will compile and analyze the detailed genetic data (the “genomes”) of Western New York... Read more
Scholarship in tribute to Buffalo’s first African-American nurse awarded; several recognized for disparities outreach
Friday, December 9, 2011
Lindsay Frazier, a Telephone Interviewer in the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), earned the $2,000 Eva M. Noles Scholarship Friday, December 2 at the fourth annual Eva M. Noles Recognition Program at RPCI. The annual program honors the legacy of Eva M. Noles,... Read more
MicroRNAs or signatures of microRNAs being used to predict disease state
Friday, December 9, 2011
Lung cancer takes a heavy toll, contributing to more cancer deaths in the United States each year than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. Contributing to this poor prognosis is the fact that lung cancer often goes undetected until the disease has reached an advanced and more difficult-to-... Read more
Thursday, December 1, 2011
WHAT: The fourth annual Eva M. Noles Recognition Program honoring the legacy of Eva M. Noles, RN, Director of Nursing at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) from 1971-74, Buffalo’s first African-American registered nurse Read more
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
BUFFALO, NY — The Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) community will gather for the annual Tree of Hope lighting ceremony Friday, December 2 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at RPCI. Read more
Saturday, November 12, 2011
BUFFALO, NY - Hollywood actress Blythe Danner tonight received the General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Action Award from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) at the 21st annual All Star Night gala, presented by HSBC and the Roswell Park Alliance Community Advisory Board. Read more
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
BUFFALO, NY — The Chair of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) issued a statement today, November 8, 2011, on the recent federal-court ruling blocking implementation of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that U.S. tobacco companies... Read more
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
BUFFALO, NY —Ravindra K. Pandey, PhD, Professor and Distinguished Member of the Department of Cellular Stress Biology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), received the 2011 Jacob F. Read more
Monday, October 31, 2011
BUFFALO, NY — A jarring fact underscores the events and activities that Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has coordinated as part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November: 1,500 people die every year in Erie County because of this disease, which is the biggest cancer killer... Read more