“Nowadays, with certain types of breast cancer, people more often get medical therapy before surgery."

Patients heading to appointments in the Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center (CSC) of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s downtown Buffalo campus now have a new, easier way to access the building directly.

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When the center was founded, in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, it was with the belief that bringing together scientists and researchers of different backgrounds and specialties could be essential in finding new tools and treatments in the fight against cancer. 

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“Roswell Park is at the forefront of research on gastroesophageal cancer, and these studies are aiming to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation in patients.”

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been instrumental in the modernization of PDT for treating other forms of cancer – most recently as a part of the therapy for pleural mesothelioma, a rare but aggressive form of lung cancer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reports that when adolescents’ still-developing brains are exposed to nicotine, it can affect learning, memory and attention span.