Cancer Care

At Roswell Park, we treat the whole patient, not just your cancer.

Our patient-centric, multidisciplinary teams include an array of clinical and supportive care experts who work together on your personalized care plan. Having all of these experts under one roof helps to ensure an accurate diagnosis, an individualized treatment plan tailored to your cancer, supportive care throughout your treatment that heals more than just your body and a long-term survivorship plan to help you live your best life after treatment ends.

Dr. Jens Hillengass and staff

Cancer types

Our physicians treat a high number of patients with specific types of cancer. They have more experience than doctors who see a small number of cancer patients each year and who don’t specialize in one cancer type. Research shows more experience translates into better patient outcomes. Find your cancer type to learn about your cancer and your treatment options — some of which are only offered here — and meet the team members who will care for you.

Cancer types
Radiation Medicine team viewing scan results

Care & diagnosis

At Roswell Park, between 11-18% of the second opinions we provide for cancer patients from outside Roswell Park involve a change of diagnosis. It matters that you have expert pathologists on your team, both for your initial diagnosis and throughout your cancer treatment.

Diagnosis
Radiation Medicine - TrueBeam

Innovative treatments

There may be many treatment options available for your type of cancer and even the sequence of your treatments matters. You deserve to know all of your treatment options and to have access to each one. Roswell Park offers the latest in cancer therapies and treatment approaches, following national cancer care guidelines that are developed by many of our experts.

Treatments
Victory Bell Jody Czaja & Robyn Gilmartin with Martha Hickey June 2022

Support services

A cancer diagnosis can be a difficult and overwhelming experience for patients and their caregivers. We want you to know that we are here to help. Whether you seek acupuncture, nutritional advice, help to quit smoking, symptom relief, or want to talk with a counselor, we offer an array of services and resources to address any need — physical, emotional, practical, spiritual, social and more.

Support services