Press Releases

Tackling challenging and hard-to-detect cancers of the reproductive system, the staff of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center commit to being a pillar of evidence-based, patient-forward care each and every day. Highlighting this strength, Roswell Park Deputy Director Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, has announced the promotion of three staff members — Drs. Peter Frederick, Emese Zsiros and Melissa Moffitt — to leadership roles.

A molecule on the surface of long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) might not only provide longevity for these important blood cells, but it might be the key to fighting cancer and many viruses, a new study from Roswell Park Comprehensive Center suggests.

Lung specialists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center now have a tool for visualizing and reaching lung nodules through a minimally invasive approach, enabling earlier diagnosis of cancer, smaller biopsies and broader treatment options for patients. The Buffalo-based cancer center has become the first facility in New York State to implement Auris Health Inc.’s Monarch™ platform for robotic navigational bronchoscopy into its interventional pulmonology program.

Patients who were unexpectedly hospitalized for dehydration, fever or other ailments while undergoing radiation treatment for head and neck cancers were at a higher risk for less favorable outcomes, a new study from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center reports.

A multidisciplinary team of experts from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned a prestigious $5.2 million “R01” grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a groundbreaking investigation into clues that immune cells may hold about breast cancer disparities between Black women and white women.

In a talk to be presented online as part of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Virtual Annual Meeting II, Fumito Ito, MD, PhD, FACS, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will highlight new evidence that a biomarker for predicting response to checkpoint inhibitors in patients with lung cancer exists and can be detected through a blood test

The Ride for Roswell, presented by the West Herr Automotive Group, is excited to announce the locations and details for its in-person, scheduled, physically distant rides that are the features of this year’s Summer of the Ride. There will be four locations with five distances on six days this August.

Elected by a body of fellow immunotherapy researchers from across the globe, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Deputy Director Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, has been named an At-Large Director for the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Board of Directors. The nonprofit organization’s members voted for Dr. Odunsi during their election in May. He will begin his three-year term in January 2021.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center staff and patients are mourning a devastating loss. Oscar Colegio, MD, PhD, the Lawrence P. & Joan Castellani Family Endowed Chair in Dermatology at the Buffalo-based cancer center, died unexpectedly this weekend at a family residence in Connecticut.