Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned the highest-rated grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
The NCI renewed Roswell Park’s status as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, a designation held by less than 4% of cancer centers, and awarded Roswell Park the highest possible "Exceptional" rating. The NCI has also renewed the grant Roswell Park has successfully competed for since 1972.
The five-year award is Roswell Park’s 13th-consecutive Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) from the NCI. No cancer center has held NCI designation longer than Roswell Park, which is one of the model programs on which the Cancer Centers program was based.
The achievement follows an in-depth review by cancer experts from around the country, and signifies the highest level of documented excellence in cancer research, patient care and community outreach.
"I could not be prouder of the Roswell Park team for demonstrating absolute excellence in the services we provide for our community,” said Candace Johnson, PhD, President, CEO and M&T Bank Presidential Chair in Leadership at Roswell Park. "To be recognized as an elite and truly 'Exceptional' center — a distinction that only a handful of cancer centers have ever achieved — you have to demonstrate the knowledge, passion and commitment to be a positive and impactful resource for your region. You have to make a difference and show that you are improving people’s lives."
Roswell Park will receive about $22.5 million in grant funding over the course of the next five years for specific programs.