To protect the health of the WNY community, Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo’s annual Walk is now a VIRTUAL Memorial Walk, complete with virtual weekly challenges to keep you active, motivated, and spread some positivity during this time of uncertainty, #EveryStepOfTheWay. “Why Do I Walk?” Before Chrissy
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Roswell Park Reports Extended Survival Among Breast Cancer Survivors Who Exercise Regularly Physical activity before, during and after chemotherapy shown to benefit those with high-risk breast cancers Study analyzed physical activity patterns of breast cancer patients over time Those who met activity thresholds before & after treatment
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By Matt Chandler Dennis Merrell wasn’t concerned about colorectal cancer. Like many people, the disease wasn’t even on his radar. Then he lost his brother. Paul Merrell was 44 — six years younger than the recommended age for colorectal screening — when he died of the disease.
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Univera Healthcare Grant to Roswell Park Will Support Colon Cancer Screening and Education Program $110,000 grant to help with colon cancer screening Funds will support navigator at Neighborhood Health Center Position will also provide education and outreach Today, Univera Healthcare made a $110,000 grant to Roswell Park
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Length of some regions of messenger RNA plays key role in regulating gene expression, cancer growth Role revealed for little-known process known as alternative polyadenylation First large-scale single-cancer analysis of alternative polyadenylation events Changes to length of certain RNA segments can be key prognostic indicator BUFFALO, N.Y.—
Read more →Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center employees and their family members will show their support for cancer patients by participating in the Goin’ Bald for Bucks program, which raises funds for cancer research and patient-care programs at Roswell Park. More than 30 Roswell Park employees have grown out
Read more →Dr. Lijian Cai to examine pharmaceutical trends, operations as he oversees program at cancer center Dr. Cai brings knowledge of medication safety, pharmaceutical training Oversees operations on main campus, and outpatient pharmacy, hospital-based satellite locations Advocate of pharmaceutical industry transparency in wake of recent drug shortages BUFFALO,
Read more →Roswell Park Team Helps Explain How Chronic Stress Weakens Immunity Against Cancer Researchers identify new mechanism associated with aggressive growth in cancer tumors Team found chronic stress can increase MSDC cells, leading to tumor growth One of the first studies to explain the impacts of stress on
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Debby L. of Kenmore, N.Y. smoked for nearly 30 years and quit at age 49 The NYS Smokers’ Quitline provided coaching and medication; yoga and meditation helped Quit Coaches are available for any NYS resident looking to quit nicotine-use for the New Year WESTERN NEW YORK
Read more →Access to Clinical Trials May Drive Differences in Outcome Among Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients COG study looks to explain lower survival rate for nonwhite children and adolescents with disease Study is latest to report lower survival for blacks, Hispanics with the disease Multicenter team set out to
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