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Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Prostate Cancer: Roswell Park Team Proposes a New Strategy

Researchers have discovered what may be a promising new approach for controlling aggressive, treatment-resistant forms of prostate cancer. Leigh Ellis, PhD, and colleagues at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have identified two genes that appear to be simultaneously overexpressed in aggressive prostate cancers resistant to the androgen-targeted treatments enzalutamide and abiraterone acetate.
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Nigerian Hematologist Receives Vital Training at Roswell Park

Thanks to a Visitor Training Program grant from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) awarded to Roswell Park hematopathlogist Vishala Neppalli, MD, visiting physician Tamunomieibi Wakama, MD, can now perform crucial pathology analyses, essential to accurate diagnosis and treatment of his pati

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New Approach, New Hope: State Investment Will Fast-Track Innovative Roswell Park Research in Ovarian Cancer

Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute have received a prestigious grant of nearly $12 million from the New York State Stem Cell Science Program to develop new therapies for advanced ovarian cancer. The four-year, $11.9 million grant to RPCI is one of three new state awards totaling $36 million to support innovative approaches for developing stem-cell based therapies for diseases that are notoriously hard to treat.
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Roswell Park Gynecologic Oncologists Providing Care in Jamestown

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center physicians with specialized training and expertise in gynecologic oncology are now providing care to women in the Jamestown area. Drs. Peter Frederick, Kunle Odunsi and Emese Zsiros are available for appointments with new or existing patients at Jamestown Medical Oncology Hematology, a Roswell Park community cancer practice located at 21 Porter Ave., Jamestown, N.Y. 14701.