Outside expert review panel rates Roswell Park’s programs as ‘Exceptional’ Roswell Park retains coveted NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center status Less than 4% of cancer centers nationwide hold the designation Newswise — BUFFALO, N.Y. — Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has earned its most highly 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 — awarding Roswell Park the highest possible “Exceptional” rating as it renewed a grant Roswell Park has successfully competed for since 1972. The five-year award is Roswell Park’s 13 th 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,” says Candace S. Johnson, PhD , President, CEO and M&T Bank Presidential Chair in Leadership at Roswell Park , and director of its CCSG.
“To be recognized as an elite and truly ‘Exceptional’ center — a distinction that only a handful of cancer.