Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center remains the only cancer care facility in Western and Upstate New York to earn a place on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list. The Buffalo-based cancer center has retained its no. 14 position among the Best Hospitals for Cancer based on U.S. News’ comprehensive review of numerous indicators of the quality of its care.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Oneida Health continue to add to the cancer expertise available through their affiliation, announcing the hire of Maya Mathew, MD, as Medical Director of the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center in Oneida, part of the Roswell Park Care Network.

A new 10-year analysis led by Igor Puzanov, MD, MSci, FACP, Director of Early Phase Clinical Trials and Chief of Melanoma at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and published today in the journal JAMA Oncology provides new insights into an important question: whether BRAF V600E/K mutation status or previous BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) therapy with or without a MEK inhibitor (MEKi) affects response to pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda) in patients with advanced melanoma.

Proponents of making high-end health care services more accessible to people in Niagara County had reason to celebrate Thursday in downtown Niagara Falls.