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BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s estimated that there are more than 15.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States, with that number expected to rise dramatically over the next two decades.

A new study led by researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center establishes a connection between a sedentary lifestyle and risk of developing kidney or bladder cancer. The findings extend a line of inquiry that has already revealed a connection between chronic inactivity and heightened risk for both ovarian and cervical cancer, and also highlight the possibility of reducing risk for some cancers by increasing physical activity.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been named to Forbes’ 2017 list of America’s Best Employers. The Buffalo, N.Y., comprehensive cancer center was ranked 169th on the media organization’s list of 300 Best Midsize Employers across 25 industries.

More than 10 nursing teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center were invited to present their research at the 42nd Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) May 4–7, 2017, in Denver, Colorado.

In a new study, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have demonstrated that an approach shown to improve outcomes for patients receiving colorectal surgery is just as effective in patients requiring many other abdominal and pelvic operations.

Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, has joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as Vice Chair for Translational Research within the Department of Medicine and Director of Cancer Vaccine and Dendritic Cell Therapies within the Center for Immunotherapy.

Patients who expressed the tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 had more aggressive cancers and were more likely to die early from their disease, according to a large study conducted by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and published online ahead of print in the journal Gynecologic Oncology.

Philanthropist, fundraiser and civic leader Anne D. Gioia has been reappointed to a seventh term on the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Board of Directors. A former teacher who co-founded the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation after experiencing a devastating personal loss, she was reappointed to the board by state Sen. John J. Flanagan, New York State Senate Majority Leader, based on the recommendations of state Sens. Patrick Gallivan and Michael H. Ranzenhofer.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Buffalo Sabres are teaming up to offer FREE skin cancer screening examinations and education on Thursday, May 11 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at KeyBank Center.