Village Walk Proceeds Benefit Cancer Research
11/20/2009
Nov. 20, 2009 | Hot Spring Village just keeps on walking.
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Nanotechnology Team Captures Tumor Cells in Bloodstream
11/17/2009
LITTLE ROCK – A team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.
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Barlogie, UAMS Myeloma Institute Celebrate 20 Years
11/13/2009
Nov. 13, 2009 | Prospects for many patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, have changed dramatically since the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT) was established in 1989 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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Barlogie, UAMS Multiple Myeloma Program Receive $19.5 Million Grant
10/28/2009
LITTLE ROCK – The internationally known multiple myeloma program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $19.5 million over five years to continue work that has already developed new treatments for this cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell present in the bone marrow.
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Betty Drake Named Cancer Institute Volunteer of the Year
10/23/2009
Oct. 23, 2009 | For Betty Drake, volunteerism is just a way of life.
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Witness Project Invites Public to Nov. 8 Evening of Modern Dance
10/23/2009
LITTLE ROCK – An evening of modern dance is on tap to benefit the Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health.
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UAMS Scientists Encouraged by Myeloma Clinical Trials with Treatment Driven by Tumor Genetics
10/20/2009
LITTLE ROCK – A pair of clinical trials at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on treatments for multiple myeloma based on the genetic characteristics of the tumor show encouraging signs after a year.
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UAMS Mammogram Campaign to Focus on Women With Disabilities
10/07/2009
LITTLE ROCK – Abnormally high rates of breast cancer among women with disabilities have led the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas Disability & Health Program at Partners for Inclusive Communities to begin a public awareness campaign this fall that encourages women with disabilities to get their mammograms.
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Experts Share Latest Advances in Treatment of Leukemia, Lymphoma
10/02/2009
Oct. 2, 2009 | Health care providers for patients with leukemia and lymphoma gathered Sept. 18 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to hear the latest advances in their field.
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QVC ‘Shoes on Sale’ to Benefit UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
10/02/2009
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans will have the opportunity Oct. 13 to buy designer shoes at a discount on the QVC cable television network and help raise money for cancer research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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