UAMS to Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Sept. 17
| LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free prostate cancer screenings on Friday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the sixth floor of the ACRC on the UAMS campus.
Visitors also can view the Mark Martin Viagra Car from NASCAR, which will be on display in the courtyard east of the ACRC. Appointments will be taken through Sept. 13 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. To make an appointment, call (501) 296-1505, ext. 1014. For a small fee, parking will be available in the Outpatient Center parking deck on the corner of Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue.
The American Cancer Society suggests that men receive a yearly screening at 50 years of age or older. Men who are black or who have a family history of prostate cancer should start their screenings at age 40. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with an estimated 220,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. Prostate cancer is becoming a concern in Arkansas because of Arkansas’ aging population. Early detection of this disease is vital.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, five centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. The school has about 2,170 students and 650 residents and is the state’s largest public employer with almost 9,000 employees. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of about $3.8 billion a year. UAMS centers of excellence are the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.