A Center of Excellence
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 health care professionals is dedicated to improving cancer care for the people of Arkansas and beyond.
UAMS 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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Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute: UAMS Contributes to Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Clinical Trial
The long-awaited results of a 10-year lung cancer clinical trial that UAMS contributed to were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UAMS was one of 83 centers in the United States, Canada and Australia that participated in the National Cancer Institute-funded trial that showed patients with early-stage lung cancer can be treated…
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Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., Named Chief of UAMS Hematology and Oncology Division
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Govindarajan, who is also a professor in the division, will lead a growing team of physicians treating patients with benign and malignant…
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Little Rock Central Basketball Teams Host Pink Out to Support Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
It was a sea of pink at Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) on Feb. 10 for the Tigers first pink out to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. All of the school’s basketball players wore bright pink T-shirts with the school logo over their jerseys and pink socks. Cheerleaders carried ruffled pink…
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Board-Certified Oncologist Sri Obulareddy, M.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Sri Obulareddy, M.D., has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. She is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. In addition to treating breast cancer patients, she also serves as associate professor…
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts National Proteomics Symposium
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute welcomed proteomics directors and staff from across the country Feb. 8 and 9 for a continuing education symposium. Sponsored by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics located within the Cancer Institute, the symposium facilitated two days of collaboration and best practice…
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