Gabapentin is an effective alternative to opioids for cancer patients receiving radiation, Roswell Park team shows

Michael Wong joins Roswell Park as physician-in-chief

Michael Wong joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as the center’s first physician-in-chief.

December 06, 2024

Temozolomide + radiation treatment improves OS for grade 2 gliomas

Both radiation and temozolomide, a generic chemotherapy treatment in pill form, have meaningful single-modality anti-tumor activity against slow-growing, low-grade gliomas.

December 06, 2024

Vol.50 No.45

Clinical Roundup

Hemokine modulatory regimen shows promise for TNBC in phase I study

A new treatment approach developed at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown promising results in a phase I clinical trial for patients with triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive type of breast cancer. Results of the study are newly reported in The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.

November 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.44

In Brief

UCLA’s Luca Valle receives $2.1M grant from VA to improve prediction of radiorecurrent prostate cancer outcomes

Luca Valle, assistant professor of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to develop new methods to better understand the clinical scope and biological factors that lead to prostate cancer coming back after radiation therapy.

October 25, 2024

Vol.50 No.40

In Brief

Roswell Park receives $7.7M for biobank

Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-D) announced $7,731,872 in new federal funding for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to renovate its newly integrated biobank, the Roswell Park Biorepository, made possible through the Office of the Director of NIH’s Research Facilities Construction Grants.

October 11, 2024

Vol.50 No.38