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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.
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Too Much of a Good Thing: Effect of Prostate Cancer Gene Can Go Either Way, Roswell Park Researchers Find

Roswell Park researchers have found that the effect of a key gene driving an aggressive, recurrent and often incurable form of prostate cancer is dose-dependent, opening new avenues for therapies that overcome resistance to treatment of advanced disease. They are presenting the results of this research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2018, which continues through April 18 in Chicago, Ill.
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Roswell Park Kicks off New Facebook Live Series

Roswell Park is launching a new Facebook Live Series, Cancer Talk Live. The monthly show will feature a plethora of topics and have experts available to answer questions from the community.
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Research Team Identifies Genes Linked to Blood and Marrow Transplant Outcomes

Blood and marrow transplant, or BMT, is a lifesaving and effective treatment for many patients, but the procedure can cause serious and life-threatening complications. New research out of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Ohio State University has identified a link between rare variants in a number of novel genes and survival after transplantation of blood and marrow from an unrelated donor, opening avenues for improving individual risk prediction and prognosis for patients undergoing BMT.