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New Roswell Park Endoscopy Center is First of its Kind in Region

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center unveiled a new Endoscopy Center, a multipurpose clinical space that brings together advanced endoscopy and interventional pulmonology services into one state-of-the-art facility. The new center, designed for optimal patient safety and comfort, was built to meet increasing demand for minimally invasive endoscopic procedures used for diagnosis, staging and treatment of malignant and nonmalignant gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions.

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Dr. Candace Johnson Named Cancer Center Director at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Candace S. Johnson, PhD, has been promoted to Cancer Center Director at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York. In this new role with the Institute, she will manage the Institute's Cancer Center Support Grant from the NCI as Principal Investigator and will oversee faculty recruitment and allocation of resources including space, personnel and institutional funds.
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Technique for Pneumonectomy Shown to Be Safe

In the largest series of its kind to date, researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have shown that performing thoracoscopic pneumonectomy, removal of the entire lung through a minimally invasive endoscopic approach, at a high-volume center appears to be safe and may provide pain and survival advantages in the long term.
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Tobacco Control Program Awarded $1M in Contracts

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded three contracts from the New York State Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco Control for regional tobacco control programs. Funding for the first year of the five-year contracts totals $1.05 million, supporting efforts to engage community stakeholders and area youth in changing policies and norms about tobacco and tobacco use throughout Western New York.
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Roswell Park Now Offering Screening Mammograms for General Public

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) announces the expansion of its breast imaging services to the general public, offering routine screening mammography to non-patients in an effort to improve breast cancer screening rates and increase detection of breast cancer at the earliest, most curable stages.