Press Releases

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the support of others is so important. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has various cancer support groups where patients share experiences and find encouragement. RPCI’s Young Women’s Support and Networking Group is for... Read more
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) announced a grant award for $2.7 million from the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to study inflammation in relation to lymphocytes. Sharon Evans, PhD, of RPCI’s Immunology department, is the principal... Read more
Thursday, March 11, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Gissou Azabdaftari, MD, was recently appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). Dr. Azabdaftari joined RPCI from the University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center. Read more
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Josephia Muindi, MD, PhD, a scientist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), was awarded a $108,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study a possible link between Vitamin D3 metabolism and colorectal cancer.... Read more
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
BUFFALO, NY- Elizabeth Griffiths, MD, has joined Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) as a physician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Griffiths treats patients with blood disorders, but her particular interest is in myelodysplastic syndromes and elderly acute myeloid... Read more
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Cancer Patient Shaves Head of Roswell Park Cancer Institute CEO BUFFALO, NY - “Better you than me,” said The Donald-Donald Trump, real estate mogul of The Trump Organization-today as Dr. Donald L. Trump, President and CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), America's first... Read more
Thursday, February 25, 2010
New Collaboration Between Roswell Park and UB Provides Unique and Effective Training Experience for Surgeons Read more
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) announced Yashodhara Satchidanand, MD has joined the Anesthesiology and Pain Management department as a physician and Assistant Professor in Oncology, with a specialty in palliative care. Dr. Satchidanand came to RPCI from St. Joseph’s... Read more
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) announced the appointment of Irwin Gelman, PhD, as Chair, Department of Genetics. Dr. Gelman has been with RPCI since 2003. His research focuses on therapies to target prostate cancer, and his work has appeared in more than 50 journals and... Read more
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
BUFFALO, NY - Renuka Iyer, MD, of the Department of Medicine, and Dan Iancu, MD, of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) are studying how a new test called CellSearch could be used with standard radiographic methods to monitor treatment results... Read more