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Roswell Park’s Dr. Candace Johnson Named to Inaugural ‘Health Care Power 50’ List

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center President and CEO Candace S. Johnson, PhD, has been named to City & State’s inaugural Health Care Power 50 list. Dr. Johnson, who in 2015 became the first woman to lead the cancer center, is number 24. She is the only person from a Western New York institution to be included on the statewide list.
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Patient Terrace at Roswell Park Wins Regional and National Design Awards

A rooftop terrace and garden at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has won two prestigious architectural awards. The MMMB Patient Terrace, a year-round outdoor space accessible from Roswell Park’s Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center, received a regional Design Award from the Buffalo/WNY chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and also took home a Gold Award for best remodel/renovation in Healthcare Design Magazine’s national Healthcare Design awards.

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Roswell Park Physicians Named to Buffalo Spree’s Top Doctors 2019

As the year winds to a close, the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center medical team celebrates another honor with the publication of Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctors list for 2019. Eighty different Roswell Park physicians across 30 different specialties were elected to this list, which is compiled through a peer survey of Western New York physicians.
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E-Cigarette Users Have Lower Exposure to Toxicants — As Long As They Don’t Smoke Combustible Cigarettes Too

The largest study to date to compare exposure to toxicants among users of electronic cigarettes, smokers and nonsmokers has been completed, suggesting possible benefits for smokers who switch completely to electronic cigarettes. The research team, led by Maciej Goniewicz, PhD, PharmD, and Andrew Hyland, PhD, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in collaboration with scientists from Westat, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other academic centers, saw clear evidence that e-cigarette users, while exposed to more toxicants than people who do not use any form of tobacco, evidence significantly lower levels of toxicants than those who smoke cigarettes.
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Exercise Significantly Cuts the Risk of Death from Cancer

New research out of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that cancer patients who exercise regularly both before and after their diagnosis are significantly more likely to survive than those who are sedentary, adding to the growing body of evidence that physical activity is an important part of a cancer prevention and treatment strategy. The results were published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Causes & Control.
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Opioid Prescriptions Can Be Drastically Reduced After Surgery with No Increase in Pain, Study Shows

Pain after surgery can be effectively managed with minimal or no opioids, according to research conducted at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and published today in JAMA Network Open. A two-year study by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and other cancer specialists shows that the amount of opioid medications prescribed after surgery can be drastically reduced without negatively affecting pain scores, postoperative complications or patient requests for additional opioids, demonstrating that alternative approaches to pain management can be both safe and highly effective.