New research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 53rd Annual Meeting in Chicago shows that a previously untested combination of a monoclonal antibody-drug conjugate with a common chemotherapy agent has a high complete-response rate in children and young adults with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. This cooperative-group clinical trial, Children’s Oncology Group study AHOD1221 (NCT01780662), was led by Kara Kelly, MD, Waldemar J. Kaminski Endowed Chair of Pediatrics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, Deputy Director of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, will give an update about an ongoing clinical trial at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 53rd Annual Meeting in Chicago. Dr. Odunsi, who is also Chair of Gynecologic Oncology and Executive Director of the Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park, will report on the status and methods of the clinical study, which is assessing the safety and antitumor activity of an approach that employs T-cell engineering to stimulate the immune system against ovarian cancer.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s estimated that there are more than 15.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States, with that number expected to rise dramatically over the next two decades.

Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have garnered $6.4 million in new grant funding to support important investigations, including an award of more than $2 million from the National Cancer Institute to Yuesheng Zhang, MD, PhD, Professor of Oncology in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, for his research to improve colorectal cancer treatment.

A new study led by researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center establishes a connection between a sedentary lifestyle and risk of developing kidney or bladder cancer. The findings extend a line of inquiry that has already revealed a connection between chronic inactivity and heightened risk for both ovarian and cervical cancer, and also highlight the possibility of reducing risk for some cancers by increasing physical activity.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been named to Forbes’ 2017 list of America’s Best Employers. The Buffalo, N.Y., comprehensive cancer center was ranked 169th on the media organization’s list of 300 Best Midsize Employers across 25 industries.