Cancer Talk Blog

Cancer Cells Actively Fuel Growth and Metastasis by Reprogramming Healthy Cells, Roswell Park Team Shows

CHICAGO, Ill. — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential key player promoting cancer progression through changes in the cell environment that are conducive to metastasis.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 08:00 am

Amy Lesakowski assists a patient with chemotherapy orientation

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Cooling Caps May Reduce Hair Loss During Chemotherapy

Scalp cooling has shown some success in reducing/preventing hair loss on the head during chemotherapy. How does it work? What are the side effects?

Monday, April 16, 2018 - 08:54 am

Cancer Support

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Roswell Park Researchers Discover Potential Biomarker for Aggressive Breast Cancer

CHICAGO, Ill. — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified the histone H2AX as a potential biomarker for breast cancer — a determination that could also help predict how a patient will respond to radiation therapy.

Monday, April 16, 2018 - 08:00 am

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Too Much of a Good Thing: Effect of Prostate Cancer Gene Can Go Either Way, Roswell Park Researchers Find

Roswell Park researchers have found that the effect of a key gene driving an aggressive, recurrent and often incurable form of prostate cancer is dose-dependent, opening new avenues for therapies that overcome resistance to treatment of advanced disease. They are presenting the results of this research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018, which continues through April 18 in Chicago, Ill.

Saturday, April 14, 2018 - 08:00 am

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'Cancer Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me'

Most would not count cancer as a blessing, but 61-year-old Mike Paradowski considers his diagnosis of head and neck cancer as one of the best things that has ever happened to him.

Friday, April 13, 2018 - 02:15 pm

Patient Stories

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Roswell Park Kicks off New Facebook Live Series

Roswell Park is launching a new Facebook Live Series, Cancer Talk Live. The monthly show will feature a plethora of topics and have experts available to answer questions from the community.

Friday, April 13, 2018 - 08:00 am

April is Minority Cancer Awareness Month and Minority Health Month

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During National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, Learn Six Ways You Can Protect Yourself

As we mark National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, our Office of Community Outreach and Engagement wants you to be aware of six ways you can reduce your cancer risk.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 02:47 pm

Prevention & Screening

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Research Team Identifies Genes Linked to Blood and Marrow Transplant Outcomes

Blood and marrow transplant, or BMT, is a lifesaving and effective treatment for many patients, but the procedure can cause serious and life-threatening complications. New research out of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Ohio State University has identified a link between rare variants in a number of novel genes and survival after transplantation of blood and marrow from an unrelated donor, opening avenues for improving individual risk prediction and prognosis for patients undergoing BMT.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 08:00 am

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Roswell Park Appoints New Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine

Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, is the new Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine. She’s an internationally recognized clinician-scientist who combines ground-breaking laboratory research with precision medicine.

Monday, April 9, 2018 - 08:00 am