Roswell Park Is First Site in Region Named a Resource for Patients With Rare Genetic Disease
February 17th 2021Those diagnosed with von Hippel-Lindau disease have a resource for that complete and coordinated care in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was recently named a VHL Clinical Care Center by the VHL Alliance.
Roswell Park to Assess Immunotherapy Combination in Cancer Patients With COVID-19
A unique two-drug immunotherapy combination first evaluated at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as an approach for treating some cancers will soon be available to cancer patients with COVID-19 through a clinical trial at Roswell Park.
Roswell Park Physicians Asked to Share Expertise in National Leadership Roles
Two Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center physicians are expanding their leadership roles across the United States and abroad with recent appointments in their respective fields of specialty.
Roswell Park's Dr. Pawel Kalinski to Lead $14.5M NCI-Funded Immunotherapy Effort
A team led by Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned a five-year, $14.54 million award from the National Cancer Institute to expand a promising immunotherapy platform.
Roswell Park Researchers Propose 2 New Strategies for Treating Pancreatic Cancer
In a pair of new studies, researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center outline strategies for overcoming pancreatic cancer’s resistance to treatment through approaches that exploit this cancer’s reliance on uncontrolled, or deregulated, cell proliferation.
Roswell Park Transplant Specialists Explore New Strategies for Tackling GVHD
November 24th 2018Investigators at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, are working on a variety of novel approaches, including developing prophylactic drug regimens, studying methods of rejuvenating the recipient’s immune system, and analyzing genetic characteristics to improve donor selection.
Dr. Wang on Results With Crenolanib Plus Chemotherapy in AML
February 20th 2018Eunice Wang, MD, chief, Leukemia Service, professor of Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses the results of the combination of crenolanib plus chemotherapy in a study of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Dr. Wang Discusses Crenolanib Plus Chemotherapy in AML
January 30th 2018Eunice Wang, MD, chief, Leukemia Service, professor of Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses the combination of crenolanib and cytarabine/anthracycline chemotherapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Photodynamic Therapy: Looking at Treatment of Early-Stage Oral Cancer in a New Light
October 24th 2017Although surgery and radiotherapy are standard treatment modalities for grade T1/T2 oral cavity cancer, both approaches have well-documented limitations, including their association with adverse effects that lower quality of life for patients.
Epigenetic Studies May Unlock Clues to Gene Mutations
April 7th 2017Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute are formalizing their epigenetics program across dozens of disease research groups, with the goal of understanding what changes in the epigenome lead to cancer and identifying targeted, personalized ways to address these changes.
Dr. Puzanov on Management of Adverse Events in Melanoma
December 30th 2016Igor Puzanov, MD, director, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, chief of Melanoma, coleader, CCSG Experimental Therapeutics Program, professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses ways to manage patients with melanoma who may experience adverse events in response to treatment with immunotherapy.
Dr. Puzanov on Sequencing Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy in Melanoma
December 27th 2016Igor Puzanov, MD, director, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, chief of Melanoma, coleader, CCSG Experimental Therapeutics Program, professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses an ongoing study exploring the optimal sequence of immunotherapy agents and targeted therapies for patients with melanoma.
Taking Steps to Manage Adverse Events Associated with Checkpoint Inhibitors
November 29th 2016The observed adverse events that have been associated with immunotherapy, especially immunotherapy combinations, have to be properly assessed against their clearly improved efficacy in patients with otherwise dismal prognosis from stage IV cancers.
Discussing Palliative Care Plans Earlier Improves Quality of Life
July 21st 2016A team of researchers take a retrospective look at the patterns of how, when, and to whom palliative options are presented to patients with metastatic breast cancer, as an approach for gaining insight on how to improve care for patients with late-stage, terminal cancers.
Dr. Iyer on Treatment of Patients With Lung NETs
December 15th 2015Renuka Iyer, MD, associate professor of Oncology, co-director, Liver and Pancreas Tumor Center, section chief for Gastrointestinal Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, assistant professor of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, discusses treatment of patients with lung neuroendocrine tumors.