Many cancer patients agree that one of the greatest advantages of having their treatment administered at Roswell Park is that our multidisciplinary approach to care is focused on one thing and one thing only — cancer. That means you can rest assured that the research, leading-edge treatments, clinical trials and prevention measures we integrate into treating our patients are all designed to bring positive outcomes to the forefront no matter what type of cancer they have.
Our Prostate Cancer Center integrates surgical, radiation, and medical oncology specialists who together can offer individualized treatment plans. The team works in concert with your primary care physician to ensure continuity of care from diagnosis through long-term follow up.
Leadership in Research and Patient Care at Roswell Park
The importance of strong connections between research and clinical care is evident in the history of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, which...
- Initiated the nation's first chemotherapy program.
- Developed the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test that can detect prostate cancer 5–10 years earlier than with a digital rectal exam.
- Developed LNCaP, the most studied prostate cancer cell line in the world.
- Developed photodynamic therapy (PDT) that uses lasers to activate photosensitive drugs to kill cancer cells.
- Created the gene library used to map and sequence the human genome.
