Tagged: cancer

Local
2:41 pm
Fri June 7, 2013

Kelly undergoes successful surgery to remove cancer

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Jim Kelly is resting comfortably at ECMC following surgery Friday morning.

Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly underwent successful surgery Friday morning to remove cancer from his upper jaw bone.

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Health
9:45 am
Tue June 4, 2013

Head and neck cancers increasingly treatable, expert says

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Dr. Wesley Hicks, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Director of the Head and Neck Surgical Fellowship Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute

The kind of cancer former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly was diagnosed with is not uncommon and is generally treatable, according to a prominent local physician.

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Local
3:00 pm
Mon June 3, 2013

Bills great Jim Kelly diagnosed with jaw cancer

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Jim Kelly spoke to reporters in Batavia Monday about his cancer diagnosis.

Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly has confirmed that he has cancer.

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Candy Flavored Tobacco
10:17 am
Sun June 2, 2013

Anti-cancer groups say candy-flavored tobacco targets kids

Anti cancer groups are seeking to ban the sale of fruit and chocolate flavored cigars in New York State that they say target children.

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Health
11:11 am
Thu February 21, 2013

Hundreds attend meeting on Tonawanda health issues

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Concerned citizens discussed Tonawanda health issues Wednesday night.

Several hundred people from the City and Town of Tonawanda turned out Wednesday night to discuss what are seen as the most severe health problems in their communities.

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Health
9:18 am
Thu January 24, 2013

Roswell opens satellite site for residents in Northern Erie and Niagara Counties

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute Niagara

Residents in Northern Erie and Niagara Counties will find it easier now to be cared for by Roswell Park. As WBFO's Chris Caya reports, the cancer institute has opened a new satellite location in Wheatfield near the Niagara Falls International Airport. 

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Health
3:24 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Roswell Park to operate pediatric center at new Children's Hospital

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Hospital leaders sign paperwork for the new pediatric care alliance

Children with cancer will be able to get the care they need in one location under a new plan announced Thursday by Women and Children's Hospital and Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

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