While it has long been thought that locally-delivered radiation therapy typically does not help to shrink tumors outside the field of irradiation, new preclinical research from a team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests a strategy for significantly increasing both the local and distant, or “abscopal,” effects of radiation.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center plans to offer convalescent plasma — in this case, plasma from the donated blood of healthy individuals who have had COVID-19 but have now fully recovered and cleared the virus from their bodies — to patients with severe or life-threatening COVID-19 through an expanded access program authorized by the U.S. FDA.

Our patients and their loved ones have many questions about cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Every Friday, our experts will host webinars to help provide answers on a variety of topics.

Roswell Park IV, PhD, an ardent supporter of the Buffalo, New York, cancer center that was founded by and named for his great-grandfather, died Wednesday, April 8, after a 20-year battle with the disease. He was 66.

In the latest update from Roswell Park - hand sanitizer made on campus, positivity signage inspires in Kaminski Park, April Ride for Roswell donations to support COVID-19 Response Fund.