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.

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.

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.

BUFFALO, NY – In the wee hours of October 8 as most of Western New York slept, over 75 computer programmers, writers, and graphic designers from around the country were gathered around their laptops at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, creating a new website for The

For the third consecutive year, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Buffalo Bills are hosting the Prostate Cancer Early Diagnosis Outreach Clinic, a free prostate cancer education and early detection event, encouraging men to learn their own statistics such as their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, family history or other factors that may raise their prostate cancer risk.

BUFFALO, NY — Survival rates remain poor for women diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer—and more than 75 percent of patients fall into that category, with the disease claiming 14,030 lives each year.

In an effort to increase partnerships between women, veteran, minority and local businesses within Western New York, Catholic Health and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will be hosting a Vendor Fair. The Vendor Fair is open to area business and purchasing professionals from Catholic Health, Roswell Park and other business organizations in Western New York.

Western New Yorkers are invited to attend a special screening of the film Decoding Annie Parker on Thursday, Sept. 26, with partial proceeds benefitting the Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). The film’s director, Steven Bernstein, is a Buffalo native who will return to Western New York for the film’s screening prior to its nationwide release. Funds from the event will also support BRCA Gene Awareness Inc.