Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26), Co-Chair of the House Cancer Caucus, joined Roswell Park CEO Dr. Candace Johnson to announce $1.5 million in federal funding awarded to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Secured by Congressman Higgins as part of the fiscal year 2022 budget recently passed by Congress and signed into law, this funding will support the upgrade of computed tomography (CT) equipment including the purchase of a new CT scanner, as well as efforts to promote and increase lung cancer screenings, particularly those in underserved communities. 

Transportation barriers, including access to public transportation or a personal vehicle, disproportionately affect cancer survivors, particularly if they are young, uninsured or live below the poverty line, according to results of a study published today in JAMA Oncology.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente Northern California have identified the first pharmacogenomic marker for anthracyclines and HER2-targeting drugs, two commonly used breast cancer chemotherapies. The results of the large genetic analysis were published today in NPJ Breast Cancer.

Although there have been slight improvements in outcomes after conventional therapy, survival rates remain poor for women with advanced ovarian cancer. Seven researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded pilot grants from the Ovarian Cancer SPORE to make progress in research for ovarian cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is proud to announce that Department of Immunology researcher Kathleen Kokolus, PhD, has been named an Irish Echo “40 Under 40” awardee.