Press Releases

WHAT:           Prostate cancer has a disproportional impact on African-American men, who are 1.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer and 2-3 times more likely to die of the disease than white men.

BUFFALO — With the ability to sequence human genes comes an onslaught of raw material about the genetic characteristics that distinguish us, and wading through these reserves of data poses a major challenge for life scientists.

BUFFALO — Smokers who try to quit have a better chance of succeeding when they use FDA-approved stop-smoking medications rather than going it alone, according to a new study by researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park) p

WHAT: A weekend of events on behalf of pediatric cancer patients at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will begin with a group of swimmers finishing a 26.2 mile swim they first began in 2003.

BUFFALO, NY — Steven Hochwald, MD, FACS, has joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park) as Vice Chair, Chief of Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery and Professor of Oncology in the Department of Surgical Oncol

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park) has once again been counted among the Best Places to Work in Academia.

An important study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today addresses the use of the prostate-specific antigen test, or PSA test, for early detection and

BUFFALO, NY — The Department of Supportive & Palliative Care at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park), under the leadership of Yashodhara Satchidanand, MD, and Amy Alvarez, MD, has received Advanced Certification in Palliative Care