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Since the introduction of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, to the United States in 2006, intense debate has surrounded the marketing, regulation and use of these nicotine-delivery products. Surprising new research led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that adult smokers with no plans to quit are more likely to quit smoking traditional combustible cigarettes if they switch to daily vaping.

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) and Roswell Park CEO Dr. Candace Johnson recently joined a Congressional Cancer Caucus briefing with National Cancer Institute director Dr. Ned Sharpless and other national leaders discussing the National Cancer Act, which was signed into law on December 23, 1971, and efforts to continue making strides in cancer research and treatment.

An international research team co-led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has identified an important accelerator of treatment-resistant prostate cancer. The study, published Tuesday in Cell Reports, provides insight into how loss or mutation of the NCOR2 gene accelerates the progression of prostate cancer to a more lethal form of the disease.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center held a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday for the Roswell Park Scott Bieler Amherst Center, an expanded Amherst location on Park Club Lane. The new center will be Roswell Park’s first new-build outside of its downtown Buffalo campus. Announced in August 2021, the new center will be named for longtime supporter Scott Bieler in recognition of a significant gift made to the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation.

Roswell Park hematology experts in leukemia, lymphoma and other specialties will present new research at the 63rd annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of three lead centers part of an international multicenter team that has recently been awarded $10 million to study how tobacco control policies impact smoking, vaping and the use of other nicotine products.

Amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Buffalo and the Western New York region, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is amending its inpatient visitation policy.

In recognition of the superior experience it has provided for patients over several years, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been designated by Press Ganey as a 2021 Pinnacle of Excellence Award winner.

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.