Stomach cancer, among the most common cancers worldwide, occurs primarily in patients between 65 and 80 years of age. In the United States, doctors diagnose some 28,000 people with stomach cancer each year, more often in men than in women.

There’s no question that pancreatic cancer is a challenging disease to treat. National statistics reveal several hard truths: Survival rates remain unacceptably poor.

At Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, we acknowledge that our differences are indeed our strengths when it comes to meeting and exceeding our goals.

Biopsies are fundamental to diagnosing cancer and monitoring results of its treatment. Patients awaiting the outcome of a cancer biopsy face having an enormous weight being put on – or lifted from – their shoulders.