Cancer Talk Blog

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Liver cancer clinical trial: Chuck’s story

Chuck Schliecher has hepatitis C to thank for being a liver cancer survivor.

Friday, November 18, 2022 - 09:00 am

Patient Stories

Cancer Research & News

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Meet the Team: Indigenous patient navigators

“We partner with organizations outside the nation or even different departments within each nation in order to do outreach on each territory,” explains Whitney Ann Henry, coordinator for the CICS navigators. “Wherever our community gathers, that’s where we want our navigators to be.”

Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 01:45 pm

Meet the Team

Cancer Support

Life & Wellness

Prevention & Screening

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Calculating Pack/Years: How to measure how much you smoke

Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center’s Lung Cancer Screening Program utilizes a practical metric to help patients assess their smoking history and determine whether they should seek lung cancer screening known as the Pack/Year.

Monday, November 14, 2022 - 01:42 pm

Cancer Support

Prevention & Screening

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Graves' Disease: Angel's Story

"When I got to the room, they went over everything again, and that made me feel like they were paying attention to me. I felt like a real person.”

Monday, November 14, 2022 - 01:14 pm

Joe’s Deli to Bring Satisfying Sandwiches, Soups, Smoothies and More to Roswell Park Community

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is soon to welcome its newest culinary option, Joe’s Deli, to campus. The Buffalo-based delicatessen will offer signature fresh foods and smoothies in a café space in the Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center on the cancer center’s main campus.

Monday, November 14, 2022 - 07:00 am

News

Roswell Park Recognized by Buffalo Black Nurses for ‘Partnership of the Year’

In recognition of its efforts to promote diversity in nursing career development and reduce healthcare disparities, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has received the 2022 Partnership of the Year Award from Buffalo Black Nurses Inc.

Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 07:00 am

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Where does prostate cancer spread?

Thanks to early detection efforts, most cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed at an early stage, when the cancer is confined to the prostate. Some men have their prostate cancer diagnosed after it has spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Friday, November 4, 2022 - 10:00 am

Cancer Research & News

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What is germ cell cancer?

Germ cells are the reproductive cells that develop in humans during earliest gestation.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 09:00 am

Prevention & Screening

News

Pediatric Multicenter Study Shows Targeted Therapy for High-Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma Reduces Relapse

A targeted therapy for children with high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) was shown to significantly reduce relapse rates when tested in a large multicenter clinical trial conducted by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) co-led by Roswell Park's Kara Kelly, MD. The study results have been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 08:00 am