Press Releases
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Goal of drive is to secure 10,000 signed consent forms from hospital and health plan employees, Drive continues the momentum from recent $16.1 million Beacon Community Award from Obama Administration to HEALTHeLINK.
The CEOs of the region’s leading hospital systems and health plans who also...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Representatives from Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Marrano/Marc Equity joined in a ribbon cutting ceremony today as they launched the fundraising partnership, Raising the Roof for Groundbreaking Cancer Research. Two previous Raising the Roof partnerships generated $160,000 in each year to...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - About half of all cancer patients with metastatic disease will develop malignant pleural effusions (MPE), which result in significant respiratory challenges and a poorer overall quality of life. A lack of research data has hampered physicians’ efforts to effectively manage MPE...
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Friday, May 28, 2010
BUFFALO, NY — Two Buffalo scientists have paired up to create technology that has the potential to revolutionize surgical training worldwide, developing the first procedure-based, hands-on surgical training software. Their patent-pending system, Hands-On Surgical Training ™ (HOST),...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
BUFFALO, NY — A Buffalo-based international expert on robot-assisted surgical techniques has created the first-ever virtual instructional manual on robot-assisted surgery. The interactive guide, “Operative Manual of Robot-Assisted Urologic Surgery,” edited by Khurshid A. Guru,...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Buffalo, NY — Men with metastatic prostate cancer who received the new biologic agent tasquinimod (TASQ) saw their progression-free survival time double compared to men who received a placebo, according to initial findings of a phase II clinical study to be presented by Roberto Pili, MD,...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
BUFFALO, NY — Mikhail Nikiforov, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell Stress Biology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to develop new pharmaceutical agents to treat malignant melanoma, one of the most...
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Buffalo, NY — For many smokers, the craving for nicotine is stronger than the will to quit. Now a clinical trial underway at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and 19 other sites across the nation will determine whether a new vaccine called NicVAX can power up the body’s own immune system...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Buffalo, NY — Dr. James Marshall, PhD, Senior Vice President for Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and newly named Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention, has received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the Prostate...
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Friday, May 7, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – Annie Deck-Miller has been appointed Senior Media Relations Manager in the Office of Public Affairs, Department of Marketing, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
AT RPCI, Ms. Deck-Miller will develop and execute a comprehensive media relations program that successfully...
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