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Symptoms of melanoma other than a mole

Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It begins in the cells that produce melanin (called melanocytes) and control your skin pigment.

Monday, May 6, 2024 - 09:21 am

Prevention & Screening

An outdor mural shows three faces in black and white framed in red and green flowers

News

New Outdoor Mural Pays Tribute to Roswell Park Heroes Who Saved Thousands of Lives During Holocaust

New York State leaders joined representatives from the Buffalo Jewish Federation and the Holocaust Education Resource Organization of Buffalo for a ceremony celebrating a powerful new mural that adorns a wall of the Research Studies Center on Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Buffalo campus.

Monday, May 6, 2024 - 08:00 am

Dr. Ermelinda Bonaccio studies a mammogram image before performing a biopsy

Article

Getting a breast biopsy — what to expect

Your next steps after an abnormal result may involve a second mammogram, or other imaging such as ultrasound or MRI. If the abnormality is confirmed through these tests, your doctor will schedule a biopsy.

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 09:12 am

Prevention & Screening

News

New Evidence Explains Why Some Targeted Therapies Support Better Response to Cancer Immunotherapy

A recent research effort spearheaded by experts at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrates a way to exploit drug side effects in order to prime tumors to support better responses to immunotherapy. Newly published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the study outlines a novel finding with significant implications for clinical care and research.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 08:00 am

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Article

Roswell Park, Sabres team up for prostate cancer early detection event

Do you have friends or loved ones that are due — or overdue — for their PSA test to detect prostate cancer? Let them know about our free prostate cancer early detection event on May 13, 2024.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 01:49 pm

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Prevention & Screening

Emily Pacer and her father, Gary, stand in front of a waterfall.

Article

Genetic testing led to early cancer detection for father, daughter

Emily Pacer knew cancer was a risk in her family: Her paternal grandmother had cancer four times and her aunt tested positive for carrying the BRCA mutation associated with a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

Monday, April 29, 2024 - 08:37 am

Patient Stories

Prevention & Screening

Article

5 questions to ask your kidney cancer surgeon

When you are diagnosed with kidney cancer, it's crucial to make sure your team is taking the right steps with your treatment, especially with regard to surgery.

Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 09:41 am

Cancer Support

Article

Roswell Park expert on the importance of breaking tobacco’s historic ties to the Black community

Lung cancer is the third most-common kind of cancer in the Black community in Western New York, with an incidence rate of 76 cases per 100,000 people.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 09:23 am

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