Buffalo, New York - This week, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, opened a new $2.6 million dollar Clinical Research Center. The new research center is one of just a few in the United States that focus exclusively on clinical cancer research.

It is hoped that the new Clinical Research Center will allow for faster development of new and more effective cancer treatments. The center will also provide patients with a more extensive range of treatment options.

The center was sponsored with an anonymous donation of more than $2 million, and further funds were supplied by RPCI. The donation was so generous that the facility has enough funds to support its first two years of operation.

Donna Gioia, Chair of the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, said, “The new Center is an outstanding example of the meaningful impact philanthropy continues to have at Roswell Park. Thanks to a donor’s investment, the Institute is positioned to become a national leader in expanding patient access to potentially life-saving treatment options.”

It includes modern treatment stations designed for shorter out-patient visits, and also includes in-patient beds. In fact, the new Clinical Research Center is unique in this respect, being the only dedicated cancer treatment and clinical trial center with in-patient facilities in America.

The intention is that both patients and their families can feel comfortable in this new facility, while patients are undergoing treatment in clinical trials being held there.

The new Clinical Research Center also features a fully-equipped conference room, a counseling room for patients and their families, and dedicated space for specimen processing and other laboratory work.

Clinical trials for many different types of cancer will be held in the research center, and it has been designed to allow patients to have easy access to information about the trials, too.

Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Clinical Research, said, “Patients participating in early studies of new treatments are the pioneers of cancer research. They can benefit by being among the first to receive the best cancer treatment that science can offer…”

Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP, President and CEO of Roswell Park, said “Roswell Park is committed to developing and offering clinical research studies that promote improved quality of life, while offering hope and extended survival and ultimately cancer cure.”

More information about the Roswell Park Cancer Institute can be found at http://www.roswellpark.org/Home. The web site includes a search feature that allows interested patients to search quickly and easily for information about current and new clinical trials.

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