“Immune checkpoint inhibitors can make some very lethal cancers more manageable, so patients survive longer and enjoy better quality of life.”

While Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s main hospital will not close, we are making preparations to reduce the number of patients traveling that day and ensure adequate staffing.

"Every cancer patient deserves an optimistic oncologist," says Dr. Hillengass.

Roswell Park played a key role in bringing this breakthrough new treatment to melanoma patients who need it.

Cancer treatment may accelerate aging, increasing the risk of other health problems. The good news: unlike normal aging, this type may be reversible.

Cancer patients whose treatment involves IV infusions of the immunotherapy nivolumab (brand name Opdivo) may soon be able to receive the drug via a simple injection given in their physician’s clinic.

Overactive bladder is quite common, affecting about 50% of women and 25% of men and it increases in frequency with age.

If getting to Amherst is more convenient for you than getting to our Buffalo campus, talk to your care team about scheduling your next scan or imaging study at Roswell Park’s Scott Bieler Amherst Center on Park Club Lane.

OK, time to stifle the Thanksgiving jokes about turkey making you drowsy. Yes, there’s an amino acid called tryptophan in turkey, and it does help your body produce a chemical called serotonin, which promotes a good night’s sleep. But chicken, beef, nuts, and cheese also contain tryptophan, and no one’s pointing the finger at them. So if you nod off after dinner, it’s probably due to all the carbs in that pile of brown-and-serve rolls you scarfed down.