[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ROSWELL PARK COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, 120 years ago, Dr. Roswell Park 
founded the first cancer center in America in Buffalo, New York. For 
the last century, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been a 
leader in furthering our understanding of cancer and pioneering new 
patient treatments.
  Roswell Park gave the world the first preclinical chemotherapy 
program, the prostate-specific antigen test, and it is collaborating 
today with Cuba on a promising new lung cancer vaccine. Herceptin, for 
metastatic breast cancer, was clinically trialed and tested at Roswell, 
and new immunotherapy clinical trials are occurring there today.
  In addition to promising new treatments, Roswell is home to the 
compassionate cancer experts for those afflicted with cancer and for 
those who love the afflicted.
  Today, we are urging the National Institutes of Health to renew 
Roswell Park's well-deserved designation as one of just 49 national 
cancer centers in the Nation.
  New lifesaving and life-quality treatments are within reach at 
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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