Press Releases

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Chief of Myeloma, Jens Hillengass, MD, is slated to speak at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 2020 Virtual Congress on Hematologic Malignancies, happening October 9 and 10.

Subhamoy Dasgupta, PhD, established his own research laboratory in 2017 when he came to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center fresh from a postdoctoral research fellowship in Texas. Now he has received an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for 2020.

A toddler from Niagara Falls, NY, will celebrate her 2nd birthday this month after successfully undergoing CAR T immunotherapy and stem cell transplant through the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program to treat the leukemia she was diagnosed with at only 5 weeks old.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Deputy Director Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, will receive a C-Level Executive Award for 2020 from the media outlet Buffalo Business First.

Having dedicated his career to developing better treatments for cancer, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI, FACP, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Clinical Investigation.

Physician researchers work hard to improve their patients’ lives through better treatments and greater attention to factors that can improve quality of life. Sometimes, their efforts can influence the care of not just their own patients, but of people across the country and even internationally.

Concerning disparities exist in who is getting lung cancer in Western New York. A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive outlined a strategy to address those unequal outcomes — and successfully competed for a national grant to put that strategy to work in our community.

Research from a team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center explains how radiation helps boost the immune system’s ability to fight cancer in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors — and provides new evidence that the timing of these therapies can make a big difference in how effectively they work together.

Create a vision board, set out the yoga mat or learn a few new healthy cooking techniques — all from the comfort of your living room. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is going virtual for Chapter 2: A Cancer Survivor’s Workshop for Living Your Best Life, taking place September 11 and 12.