Roswell Park works to add genetic evaluation to their routine mammograms

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In June of 2024, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Department of Cancer Genetics & Genomics had their first patient, and the department continues to grow.

“They don’t treat you like a text book, they treat you like a person and everyone is different in that regard,” said Mindy Haarmeyer.

Haarmeyer works at Roswell Park and knows firsthand the impact their care can have on a patient. She was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 35, and then at 36, she was also diagnosed with stage one breast cancer…

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