Researchers at Roswell Park led the largest study to date to suggest an improving trend in pathologic complete response rates over time for U.S. cancer patients of various races. The team's findings, documented in a poster presentation at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology virtual annual meeting (abstract 575), show that African Americans are more likely than patients from any other group to have remaining disease following breast cancer treatment.

A pain-management protocol designed by Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, FACOG, reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 virtual annual meeting, resulted in a 45% decrease in the amount of opioids prescribed to patients undergoing surgery, without any significant effect on patient recovery or satisfaction.

The joint Roswell Park/Kaiser Permanente Northern California team behind a new study to be highlighted at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 virtual annual meeting has found that sufficient vitamin D levels at the time of diagnosis are associated with improved outcomes among people with breast cancer.

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 virtual Annual Meeting, Roswell Park teams will share new data and insights on topics ranging from reducing use of opioids to manage patients’ pain following surgery to an analysis of trends in response to cancer treatment among patients of different races.

A veteran diagnostic radiologist and nuclear physician, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Alan Klitzke, MD, FACNM, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (ACR).