Cancer Talk Blog

Latest PATH Findings: E-Cigarette Use Increasing, But Less Likely To Lead To Long-Term Habit

A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center contributed to a group of 10 interrelated studies on tobacco use that shed light on key usage patterns and offered a surprising finding about e-cigarette use.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 08:00 am

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What To Expect From Immunotherapy

Learn how the side effects of immunotherapy may differ from those of chemotherapy.

Monday, May 25, 2020 - 08:00 am

Cancer Research & News

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For Many Bladder Cancer Patients, A Neobladder Is the Next Best Thing to Normal

A neobladder helps many patients maintain a high quality of life by replacing the bladder with something that is very close to the real thing.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 03:47 pm

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How to Protect Your Skin from the Sun

During the summer and warm weather season, it’s important to remember that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can increase your risk of developing skin cancer.

Monday, May 18, 2020 - 09:21 am

Prevention & Screening

Immune-cell subsets in pancreatic cancer

News

Roswell Park Team Proposes Strategy for Making Pancreatic Tumors Respond to Checkpoint Inhibition

A possible new strategy for treating pancreatic cancer highlights the promise of collaboration between experts in both precision medicine and immunology. The findings from a team led by Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, PhD, at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and published today in the journal Gut suggest a combination treatment approach that can make some breakthrough immunotherapy drugs effective for more patients with pancreatic cancer.

Monday, May 18, 2020 - 08:00 am

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After a Radical Prostatectomy: What to Expect

If your medical team determines that your prostate cancer has become aggressive and needs to be treated, an operation called radical prostatectomy — removal of the prostate — is typically the first-line treatment.

Monday, May 11, 2020 - 08:17 am

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Roswell Park Appoints Three to Key Roles in Nursing, Clinical Research and Critical Care

Providing the best care and services for cancer patients requires careful integration of key teams across many different disciplines and programs. The appointment of new leaders in three key areas of clinical care at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center highlights the breadth of services and extent of expertise available to patients and their families.

Monday, May 11, 2020 - 08:00 am

Women holding her throat with the thyroid gland highlighted in red

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What is the Most Common Type of Thyroid Cancer?

Typically, thyroid cancers can be broken down into three types: papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma and anaplastic. Other rare types of thyroid cancer include medullary thyroid cancer and primary thyroid lymphoma.

Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 09:40 am

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Memorial to nurses of the U.S. Civil War

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From Battlefield to Bedside: Great Nurses of the Civil War

As we mark National Nurses Day and the beginning of National Nurses Week, it’s fitting to remember that in the United States, the first professional training programs for nurses grew out of the Civil War.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 01:30 pm

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