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Roswell Park Campus to Glow with Hope Friday, Dec. 6

BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s (Roswell Park’s) annual Tree of Hope lighting ceremony will be held on Friday, Dec. 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Kaminski Park and Gardens on the Roswell Park campus.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:00 am

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The Great American Smokeout is Thursday; Make November 21 Your Day to Quit Smoking

Western New Yorkers are being encouraged to give up tobacco and nonsmokers are asked to support their loved ones as they stop smoking for the 38th Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 21, 2013.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 07:00 am

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Roswell Park Earns Federal Tax Credit Allocation for Major Clinical Expansion

Thanks to a coordinated effort involving many partners, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has secured more than $6 million in additional funds toward construction of its Clinical Sciences Center (CSC), a 142,000-square-foot facility to be used for patient care, research and survivor support services. The funds will be distributed through the New Markets Tax Credit Program, established by Congress in 2000 to spur investments in low-income communities.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:00 am

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Roswell Park Researchers Receive Almost $7 Million in Grant Support for Cancer Research Efforts

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is proud to announce that several faculty members have collectively received more than $6.7 million in grant funding from federal agencies and other sources. These awards help fund important research that aims to develop new approaches to prevent and treat cancer and to improve our patients’ quality of life.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 07:00 am

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Wegmans Food Markets & Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Launch QuitClub, a Smoking Cessation Program for Wegmans Employees

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have joined forces to offer the QuitClub, a stop-smoking program, to all Wegmans employees and eligible spouses who want to quit smoking.

Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:00 am

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Thought-provoking Idea Provides Basis for Unique NCI Grant Awarded to Roswell Park Researcher

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) new Provocative Questions research funding program has awarded a prestigious grant to a researcher at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to investigate a promising but neglected or unexplored area of cancer research.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 08:00 am

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Roswell Park Researchers Discover Novel Mechanism of Tumor Cell Invasion in Melanoma

BUFFALO, NY — The most devastating feature of cancer is that it often spreads throughout the human body and forms secondary tumors also known as metastases.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:00 am

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Lung Cancer Survivors & Families Invited to the Fifth Annual Breath of Life Celebration

BUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center invites all those touched by lung cancer or wishing to learn more about this disease to attend the fifth annual Breath of Life Celebration on Saturday, Nov.

Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:00 am

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Nektar and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Announce Initiation of Investigator-Sponsored Trial Evaluating Etirinotecan Pegol (NKTR-102) as a Second-Line Treatment in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today that the first patients have been dosed in a phase II investigator-sponsored study of etirinotecan pegol in patients with relapsed or refractory Small-Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). The study is being conducted at Roswell Park under the direction of Alex Adjei, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Senior Vice President for Clinical Research and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Roswell Park.

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 08:00 am