Biomedical research in culturally distinct communities is often a challenge. Roswell Park Cancer Institute researchers offered some strategies to improve clinical trial recruitment and participation in biospecimen collection for cancer research among Native Americans.

While active surveillance is often recommended for patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer to reduce unnecessary treatment, the challenge for clinicians is to monitor and distinguish early-stage tumors from advanced cancers.

In a new and historic collaboration, the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Roswell Park Cancer Institute are partnering to reduce cancer’s impact on American Indian and Alaska Native communities around the country.

The Ride For Roswell, the single largest fundraising event in Western New York and North America’s largest single-day cycling fundraiser, concluded its 21st year this weekend by raising a total of $4.5 million for cancer research and patient-care programs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).

Knowing how much exercise is enough to prevent health problems can be confusing, but two recent studies led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown that years of physical inactivity prior to diagnosis was associated with increased risk of developing ovarian cancer and of dying from the disease.

Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, FACS, Clinical Chief of Breast Surgery, Alfiero Foundation Chair and Breast Program Leader at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is in Washington, D.C., today as a leader of the 4th U.S.–Japan Clinical Trials in Oncology Workshop.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute today announced at the BIO International Convention the formation of Global Biotechnology & Cancer Therapeutics, a company that will guide and support biotech and life-sciences startups. The partnership links Roswell Park’s world-class cancer research capabilities with GBCT’s expertise in assisting biotechnology and cancer therapeutics startup companies, including those arising from Roswell Park’s own laboratories.