Press Releases

Dr. Michael Feigin
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Roswell Park Team Discovers New Mechanism Driving Pancreatic Cancer

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers conducting the first large-scale analysis of a gene regulatory mechanism that, when altered, can lead to cancerous growth have found compelling evidence of the role it plays in the development of pancreatic cancer. They share these new findings in an article in the journal Genome Research.

Drs. Suresh Kalathil, Yasmin Thanavala and Tariq Bhat, from left, in their lab at Roswell Park
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Roswell Park Finds New Evidence That Inhaled Vitamin E Acetate Caused EVALI in Vapers

A team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Environmental Health Laboratory in the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health have published new evidence expanding that inhalation of vitamin E acetate is strongly linked to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).
Dr. Dominic Smiraglia
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Metabolic Pathway Can Be Effectively Targeted to Treat Prostate Cancer, Roswell Park Team Shows

A Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center research team has identified a novel combination therapy that demonstrates a new approach to treating prostate cancer, reporting their findings in the journal Nature Communications. This new therapeutic strategy is the first to target metabolic processes uniquely important to prostate cancer — specifically, two enzymes in the connected polyamine catabolic pathway and the methionine salvage pathway.
Roswell Park’s 2020 Super Bowl commercial asks people to “Stop, look around, take in the moment.”
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Roswell Park Inspires People to “Celebrate Life” in Latest Super Bowl Ad

Take time away from your phone, laptop or tablet and just enjoy the moment. That’s the core message of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 60-second regional television commercial, “Celebrate Life,” which will air in the Buffalo region during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 2. This is the fifth year the center has produced a Super Bowl spot for the local market.
Buffalo Sabres alumnus Brian Gionta gives out caps
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Roswell Park, Buffalo Sabres and New Era Cap Team Up for Cap of Hope

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has teamed up with New Era Cap and the Buffalo Sabres to create a limited-edition Cap of Hope. Designed with the creativity of Roswell Park patients and a doctor, the knit hat is a symbol of hope for patients, caregivers and those in the WNY community touched by cancer.
Anurag Singh
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Alternative Pain-Control Strategy Reduces Need for Opioids in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Looking to provide more effective relief for patients while also reducing the need for opioid painkillers, a team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center explored whether gabapentin, a drug used to relieve nerve pain and treat seizures, could be an effective alternative to narcotics in managing treatment-related symptoms for these patients. Their results, published in the journal Cancer, show that gabapentin is an effective alternative to standard pain-control drugs.