Every year, our doctors and researchers take steps, both small and large, toward new treatments and therapies that can help improve the quality of life for our patients, offering hope and the possibility of a brighter future.
Willow McMurray was having a great time playing softball with her summer team, like any 10-year-old might, when she started complaining about pain in her hands and elbows.
Roswell Park is revolutionizing the way we deliver these services to older adults by getting up-front assessments and really meeting people at the door, allowing them to get the support they need to make their cancer journey successful.
Breakthroughs in cancer research are always something to celebrate. This year marks the 20th anniversary of a particular breakthrough in lung cancer treatment — the discovery of the EGFR gene mutation — that revolutionized how oncologists personalized treatment to each lung cancer patient.
“It was a great opportunity when I was a kid, and now being able to not only experience it again but also tell our story a little bit, I’m very excited.”
“It literally saves lives,” Jim says. “Men are dying needlessly for want of a simple test and the discomfort of a finger. We should be testing men annually and men have to be their own advocates.”