Press Releases

Roswell Park Cancer Institute has been named a 2015 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award winner in the area of Patient Experience. Guardian of Excellence awards recognize health care organizations that have consistently performed in the 95th percentile or above in a particular area of operations.

Large studies have shown improved survival for patients with esophageal cancer who receive both chemotherapy and radiation ahead of surgery to remove their tumors.

There has been great progress in recent decades in the treatment of pediatric cancers, with high cure rates possible today for several childhood malignancies.

Kara Kelly, MD has been appointed as the new leader of the joint program in pediatric hematology/oncology, a partnership of Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, UBMD Pediatrics and the University at Buffalo.

Cancer-drug pioneer Stephen W. Fesik, PhD, will deliver the 2015 Dave Memorial Lecture at Roswell Park Cancer Institute Tuesday, Oct. 20.

One of the most experienced and trusted oncology practices in Niagara County has added services and resources through a new affiliation with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. With Roswell Park Oncology P.C.’s acquisition of Cancer Care & Hematology of Niagara, the oncology practice that Mohamed S. Ahmed, MD, PhD, has led since 2008 will operate under the name Roswell Park Hematology Oncology of Niagara.