COVID-19 derailed plans for Team RPCS (Roswell Park Cessation Services) to host a second annual bowling tournament to raise funds toward the Ride for Roswell. In response, the team members exercised their creativity and turned to celebrity connections to help reach their fundraising goals. Starting Saturday, July 18, the Team RPCS “Celebrity
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Univera Healthcare (Univera) has granted $110,000 to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell) in support of colon cancer screening and education. Art Wingerter, President of Univera, announced the gift at Roswell Park with Candace S. Johnson, PhD, Roswell President and CEO; Mary Reid, MSPH, PhD, Director of
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Courtesy of Cancer Talk, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Services Blog It’s become a common sight — wearing medical gloves everywhere — the grocery store, doctor’s appointments, and outings to protect against COVID-19. But it is a practice that medical experts say we should stop. Medical gloves are
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But Less Likely To Lead To Long-Term Habit. A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center contributed to a group of 10 interrelated studies on tobacco use that shed light on key usage patterns and offered a surprising finding about e-cigarette use. The studies — published in
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Courtesy of Roswell’s Cancer Talk Blog You may already know the basics of cancer staging — but some things might surprise you. Staging describes how much cancer is present in the body and how far it has spread (metastasized) beyond the area where it originated. At stage
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Media company City & State has recognized Roswell Park President and CEO Candace S. Johnson, PhD, and Board of Directors member Leecia Eve, JD, for their leadership and accomplishments, naming them to its annual New York Women Power 100 list. ImageCity & State, which covers government and
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What if a drug that sits in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinet could help extend the lives of some cancer patients? In companion presentations at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, doctors from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center report new evidence that
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