Giving

“Sometimes sickness can play life’s roll of film on a fast track. Looking at art, in my opinion, brings that feeling to a halt and helps each frame come alive.”

As the first cancer center in America, Roswell Park has a dedicated team of expert physicians, nurses and researchers who all work tirelessly to bring the best treatment and care to each cancer patient who comes through our doors.

On June 23, 2019, Ted Rung crossed the Ride for Roswell finish line, completing the 100-mile route. No small feat for a 31-year-old who had just fought cancer for the third time.

Single dad Chris Bosley is currently in his second monthlong stay at Roswell Park for treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). During his first hospitalization, back in December, he saw his parents every day and, best of all, his son three times a week.

In 2019, multiple myeloma patient Karen was feeling anxious about her upcoming bone marrow transplant (BMT). As an RN, she wonders if her anxiety was even worse than what other patients felt.

“The phoenix represents the stories of survival I’ve heard at Roswell Park,” says Joe Garguilo, a member of the Creative Arts Team. Inspired by the idea, he invites patients and survivors to pick up a brush and fill in the outstretched wings with colors and words of healing.

If you’re a cancer patient in Western New York and are losing your hair due to cancer treatment, you may choose a wig from the Wig & Hat Boutique in Roswell Park’s Resource Center for Patients and Families. Here's how.

“Look what we’ve started. This is so exciting.”

"When I walk into the gallery and connect with a work of art, it becomes a spiritual experience for me."

Roswell Park patients who become ill with non-life-threatening symptoms outside of regular clinic hours no longer have to seek care at an emergency room at another hospital.

Not all patients respond to all types of immunotherapies. So how can doctors identify which treatments have the best chance of working in a specific patient? How can they quickly zero in on the best options on a list of immunotherapies that grows longer every day?

Every summer, 100+ strong and adventurous bike riders pedal from New York City to Niagara Falls, New York — more than 500 miles in seven days, through busy Manhattan, into wooded areas, along the Erie Canal — to raise money for cancer research at Roswell Park through the