by Dwain Hebda The fight against cancer took another leap forward in Little Rock as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced a new treatment technology. Hospital officials made the announcement Sept. 20. The new treatment, chimeric antigen…
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Wendy Anderson, wife of Arkansas State Football Coach Blake Anderson, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. The news comes after an announcement from the school yesterday that Coach Anderson would be taking an indefinite leave of absence…
Cam Patterson, M.D., M.B.A Over the last 20 years, cancer deaths in the United States have decreased by five percent. Unfortunately, in Arkansas, over that same time period, cancer deaths have actually increased by nine percent. We must do something…
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UA Researcher Receives NIH Funding for Cancer Detection Research
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA chemist at the University of Arkansas has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of porous nanoreactors to improve the speed and accuracy of early cancer detection through positron-emission tomography, commonly known as PET…
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UAMS-Led Study Shows Potential to Alter How Neck Surgeries Are Performed
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA study led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeon Brendan C. Stack Jr., M.D., has shown the potential to alter neck dissection surgeries in about 21 percent of head and neck cancer patients. Stack served as co-investigator…
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CARTI Doctor Honored by American College of Radiology
by News Releaseby News ReleaseCARTI radiation oncologist Christopher Pope, M.D. is one of only 134 physicians in the United States selected this year by the American College of Radiology to receive one of the organization’s highest honors. Pope was inducted as an ACR Fellow…
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UAMS Cancer Researcher Awarded $1.7 Million NIH Grant To Study Prevention of Radiation-Induced Cancer
by Jamisonby JamisonLITTLE ROCK — A $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher to study a potential new therapy to reduce the risk…
In a report from the New York Times, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill has died at the age of 61 after long battle with cancer. Ms. Ifill was known for her extensive coverage of election politics and was the debate moderator…