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54 High School Students from Buffalo & Detroit Complete Junior Robotic Surgeon Challenge

The future is now for 54 students who attend 30 different schools in the Buffalo, N.Y., and Detroit, Mich., areas. These promising young people competed in the 3rd annual Junior Robotic Surgeon Challenge, hosted by Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The program trains high school students in the basics of robot-assisted surgery using the same curriculum used to train surgeons.
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Why I Vaccinated My Kids Against HPV

All three of my kids got all their shots. Every stinging needle, every dose was dutifully administered as a normal part of their childhood. I felt that getting their vaccinations was my responsibility as their parent, just like getting them on the school bus, feeding them at least three times a day and trying to limit their television and internet time.
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Pediatric Cancer Families Benefit from Facebook Conversations

When it comes to sharing experiences caring for a child with cancer, parents often turn to social media as a way to connect with support. Those are the findings of new research led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and published online ahead of print by the journal Cancer Nursing.

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Infusion of Nearly $35.4 Million in Grant Funding to Support Roswell Park Research

Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have received nearly $35.4 million in grant awards this year. These awards from federal agencies and private foundations include support for an investigation of a new way to improve immunotherapy against ovarian cancer, a highly aggressive and hard-to-treat cancer that accounts for a disproportionate number of cancer deaths.

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Native American Participation in Biospecimen Cancer Research Studied

Biomedical research in culturally distinct communities is often a challenge. Roswell Park Cancer Institute researchers offered some strategies to improve clinical trial recruitment and participation in biospecimen collection for cancer research among Native Americans.