Dunkin’ Brands Chairman Jon L. Luther, local Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees, Roswell’s staff, and artists from The Paint Box Project unveiled the bottomless “Mug of Hope”--a stainless-steel travel mug showcasing artwork from five patient-artists. The mug is on sale now for $100 at www.paintboxproject.com. Purchasers will receive unlimited coffee refills through December 2010. All proceeds benefit Roswell Park. Read more...

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“Your Cancer and Drug Store” Exhibit to Appear at the Buffalo Museum of Science from November 19 to November 29, 2009

Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Erie-Niagara Tobacco-Free Coalition are teaming up to present “Your Cancer and Drug Store”, an installation parodying tobacco industry advertising practices at retail stores, showing at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The purpose of the exhibit is to raise awareness of how the tobacco industry has used its vast resources and marketing skills in alliance with retail stores to sell tobacco.

Visitors can walk through the installation, which features 30 years of point-of-sale marketing of tobacco products whose intent is to attract new consumers and retain those already addicted. The collection is stocked with thousands of advertising signs, sports bags, lighters, ash trays, shirts, hats, caps, cups and other disease-promoting items distributed by tobacco companies over the past three decades. The exhibit debuted in June at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Arizona.

The installation will be on display as part of the Great American Smokeout, an initiative developed by the American Cancer Institute to encourage smokers to 'set the date' to quit. “Your Cancer and Drug” Store will open to the public during a ceremony celebrating the 2009 Great American Smokeout slated for Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:30am at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

Western New Yorkers who would like to encourage stores that sell tobacco to clean up their act and stop selling cigarettes can make their views known by visiting http://tobaccoretailer.org.  

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Open Enrollment: Is the Best Cancer Treatment in Your Health Care Plan?

In health care circles, autumn is known as the time for open enrollment; the traditional time when most people have an opportunity to choose or change their health insurance.

At Roswell Park, we are deeply committed to maintaining access to high-quality cancer care and to preserving a full range of choices for cancer patients and their families. Read more...

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Celebrating Lung Cancer Awareness Month with a Breath of Life

More than 200 lung cancer and high-risk patients, their caregivers and family members gathered at Roswell Park for the Breath of Life Celebration. Greeted by a wealth of information on survivorship and quality of life, surveillance and ongoing lung cancer research, event participants celebrated survivorship with a morning of camaraderie and discussion with the Roswell Park Lung Cancer Team.

The event included talks by Dr. Mary Reid and Dr. Alex Adjei, as well as patients, who shared the stories of their own cancer journeys. Participants also toured the new Thoracic Cancer Center and Radiation Oncology.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States. Download our Lung Cancer Tip Sheet and browse our Lung Cancer Center pages [link] to learn more about the disease, Roswell Park’s multidisciplinary team approach, and our High-Risk Lung Cancer Screening Program.

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Updated Visitor Policy with Age Restrictions

Roswell Park Cancer Institute has a visitor policy that protects our hospitalized and clinic patients from infectious diseases that are easily transmitted from person to person (such as viral infections). The H1N1 virus has rapidly spread throughout the country, including New York State. Because H1N1 infections have occurred more frequently in children than adults and because people can transmit the virus before developing clinical signs of the flu, Roswell Park has adopted a new policy that restricts children less than 18 years of age from visiting patients in our clinics (including the Amherst Center facility) and inpatient wards. Individual exceptions can be made by the appropriate nurse manager or physician if contacted in advance. These policies may be revised based on the patterns of influenza we see in the community. Read more...

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