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More Cancer Patients at Roswell Park Have Access to Dental and Oral Care

Building on a long and distinguished history of providing dental and oral health services to cancer patients, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is expanding its clinical and research services in dentistry and maxillofacial prosthetics. The expanded services will be part of a newly established Department of Oral Oncology.

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Latest Research Grants Bring More than $10 Million to Roswell Park Scientists

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have received a dozen recent competitive grant awards totaling more than $10 million from federal agencies. The largest individual award is a five-year grant that will support investigations into how certain forms of stress may impact our immune system. Three of the projects seek a better understanding of the behaviors involved with smoking and use of electronic cigarettes.
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Sun Safety at the Ballpark

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Buffalo Bisons are teaming up to help Bisons fans protect themselves from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, which can burn and damage the skin. Damaged skin cells can lead to skin cancer, the most common cancer in the U.S.
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Dr. Bhuvana Ramkumar, Formerly of CCS Oncology, Returns to Roswell Park as Community Cancer Practice Physician

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Cancer Practice network of outstanding oncology physicians has once again expanded with the appointment of Bhuvana Ramkumar, MD, as staff physician at Roswell Park Hematology Oncology of Niagara in Niagara Falls, N.Y., as well as Roswell Park Hematology Oncology Northtowns in Williamsville, N.Y.
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Sedentary Lifestyle Drastically Increases Risk of Dying from Cancer

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have once again identified a link between physical inactivity and an increased risk of mortality among cancer patients, emphasizing the health risks of a sedentary lifestyle and the importance of regular exercise as therapy for cancer patients both during and after treatment. The team is presenting the findings of their research today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018 in Chicago, Ill.
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Roswell Park Researchers Identify Epigenetic Changes that May Help Explain Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified epigenetic differences in the breast cancer tumors of African-American women and women of European descent, shedding light on one mechanism by which race may influence the way breast cancer develops. They are presenting the results of this research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018 in Chicago, Ill.