Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital have launched the First Edition City of Buffalo MONOPOLY® game, officially licensed by Hasbro, to benefit the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program for pediatric cancer patients.

In acknowledgment of strong advocacy for its staff members and the launch of a program to enhance their mental health and wellbeing, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been named a 2021 Joy in Medicine Recognized Organization by the American Medical Association (AMA).

A new study from Roswell Park has identified an important mechanism by which chronic stress weakens immunity and promotes tumor growth. The results, just published in Cell Reports, point to the beta-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) as a driver of immune suppression and cancer growth in response to stress, opening the possibility of targeting this receptor in cancer therapy and prevention.

A groundbreaking international collaboration brought an innovative lung cancer immunotherapy from Cuba — CIMAvax-EGF — to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Now researchers at the Buffalo-based center are now examining whether this immunotherapy developed to treat lung cancer might prove to be an effective tool for preventing the often-deadly disease.