Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is Arkansas’ only academic cancer treatment and research facility. The institute’s staff of doctors, nurses, researchers, and other healthcare professionals is dedicated to improving cancer care for the people of Arkansas and beyond.
UAMS Opens New Radiation Oncology Center
The new center has expanded capabilities to provide advanced radiation treatments for children and adults with cancer, including the state’s first Proton Center.
Read News StoryUAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center
Two of Arkansas’ most trusted names in health care are now delivering state-of-the-art cancer care together. Introducing the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center, conveniently located on the Baptist Health Medical Center – North Little Rock Campus.
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The UAMS Myeloma Center is an international leader in the treatment and study of multiple myeloma and related diseases.
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Cancer Institute scientists are committed to reducing cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity in Arkansas and the surrounding region.
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UAMS Division of Research and Innovation Engages Researchers at Orientation and Administrative Showcase
UAMS research faculty got to hear directly from Division of Research and Innovation staff during a fun and informative afternoon that featured brief presentations and concluded with a poster session and reception with drinks and light hors d’oeuvres. The inaugural UAMS Research Faculty Orientation and Administration Showcase was the brainchild of Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., vice…
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‘Everything Got Better,’ after Coming to UAMS, says Leukemia Lymphoma Patient
By the time Thomas Wages arrived at UAMS on February 15, 2022, he had been through one cancer diagnosis and 13 types of intensive chemotherapy. He was 70. The active father of four was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in 2008, devastating news that came during one of the happiest times of his life….
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Hematologist Ankur Varma, M.D., Joins UAMS Stem Cell Transplant, Cellular Therapy Team
Ankur Varma, M.D.,MPH, has joined the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he is treating patients with blood cancer. Board-certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology, Varma joins Arkansas’ only adult stem cell transplant and cellular…
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Harold Dean Named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year
LITTLE ROCK — Harold Dean, MSW, social work program manager for the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Hematology-Oncology Social Worker of the Year. Dean received the award during the Association of Oncology Social Work annual conference June 19-21 in New Orleans….
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