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Cancer support groups are meetings for people with cancer and anyone touched by the disease. They can have many benefits. Even though a lot of people receive support from friends and family, the number one reason they join a support group is to be with others who have similar cancer experiences.
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First Myeloma Center Patient Receives Revolutionary New Therapy, Responds Well
Dave Puente of Elk Grove, California, became the first myeloma patient in Arkansas to receive the new chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center, the only medical facility in Arkansas currently offering the cutting-edge treatment.
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Lung Biopsy Robot at UAMS Detects Early-stage Cancer in Little Rock Woman
A Little Rock woman can now breathe a little easier thanks to new technology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Doctors at UAMS recently activated the first lung biopsy robot in Arkansas. The robot allows doctors to discover and biopsy previously undetectable cancerous nodules in the far reaches of the lungs. Cynthia…
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Lymphoma Patient in Complete Remission, Thanks to CAR T-Cell Therapy at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Celebrating Christmas in a warm house filled with grandchildren and other family members is especially sweet. Celebrating Christmas free of deadly cancer attacking your body is priceless. For proof ask non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) survivor, Bob Baine, 72, of Little Rock. Diagnosed a year ago with the aggressive lymphoma that attacks the lymphatic system, the retired…
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Two Sisters Battle Breast Cancer at UAMS
Like many sisters, April Biggs and Amber Vanaman have shared a lot as siblings. Just one year apart, they shared a bedroom and clothes growing up in Paragould, Arkansas, and have some of same facial features — definitely the same smile. But they never expected to share a life-threatening disease. Biggs was diagnosed with Stage…
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