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Roswell Park Secures More Than $15.4 Million in New Funding for Cancer Research

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have received more than a dozen recent grant awards totaling more than $15.4 million. These competitive awards from both government agencies and private funders will fuel research to overcome obstacles in treating diseases like prostate, breast, colon and lung cancer, as well as less-common cancers like multiple myeloma and esophageal cancer. They include the first National Institutes of Health funding to study a new electronic tobacco device, plus new state funds from Empire State Development supporting Roswell Park’s role in the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 08:00 am

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Quitting Smoking and E-Cigarettes — What to Know

Evidence has shown that e-cigarettes can be less harmful to a person’s health in the short-term when someone who regularly smokes completely switches to them, but they still deliver aerosols and other harmful chemicals.

Monday, August 12, 2019 - 11:12 am

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Prevention & Screening

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What Made You Think You Had Prostate Cancer?

Recognizing signs and symptoms of illness is always a good idea, but when it comes to cancer, and especially prostate cancer, symptoms are often vague, difficult to discern from normal, or don’t appear at all until the cancer advances.

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 09:44 am

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Roswell Park Researchers Identify Immune Biomarker of Response in Patients With Advanced Liver Cancer

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center immunology researchers have uncovered a biomarker that may help explain why some patients respond better than others to a common chemotherapy treatment for liver cancer. They hope that their analysis of immune responses among patients receiving sorafenib can lead to more individualized treatment options and better overall outcomes for patients diagnosed with the disease.

Friday, August 9, 2019 - 08:00 am

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Supporting Patients and Their Families Through End of Life and Bereavement

Roswell Park's End of Life and Bereavement program provides compassionate support for patients who have received a terminal diagnosis, as well as their families.

Friday, August 2, 2019 - 01:00 pm

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Roswell Park Team Develops New Method of Tracking Cellular Changes Associated with Cancer

Researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new bioinformatics-based approach for monitoring key changes in cancer cells. They describe their work to develop this data-driven method and how it can be used to enhance and personalize cancer treatment in a recent article in the journal Nature Communications.

Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 08:00 am

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Retired Firefighters Donate Funds to Further the Fight Against Glioblastoma

A group of retired firefighters dedicated to raising funds for cancer research recently visited Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to make a significant donation that will go toward brain cancer research.

Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 08:00 am

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Roswell Park Ranked 14th on List of Nation’s Best Hospitals for Cancer

A record of outstanding clinical care and services has once again earned Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center recognition as one of the top cancer hospitals in the country. The Buffalo-based cancer center has been named to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the Best Hospitals in the nation, and number 14 on its list of Best Hospitals for Cancer. U.S. News’ data-driven ranking places Roswell Park among the top 1.5% of cancer hospitals, and as a high-performing center in two subspecialty areas: colon cancer surgery and lung cancer surgery.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019 - 08:00 am

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Roswell Park Researchers Find Glucose Drives Growth of the Most Common Type of Esophageal Cancer

“We have to be really careful about health and diet and exercise, and keeping lean. If glucose can drive cancer growth, then patients with esophageal cancer probably have to be careful about their diet, their glucose intake, and make sure they're speaking to their medical professionals to get advice.”

Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 11:17 am

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