UAMS to Sponsor Mississippi County Cancer Awareness Day
| LITTLE ROCK — The Cancer Control Department of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) at the Additional sponsors are the Mississippi County Cancer Council, Mississippi County Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission Inc. and the Mississippi County Electric Cooperative. For information, call Jackie This will be a festive day for the entire family; there will be activities for children, music, prizes, free food and drinks. Breast and prostate cancer screenings will be provided in collaboration with the UAMS Modular Mammography Program, Witness Project and local physicians. An exercise session and healthy lunch will be provided. Winning posters of the An estimated 1.39 million new cancer case will be diagnosed in 2006, with 15,220 of these cases in 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. UAMS has about 2,320 students and 690 medical residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 9,300 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the VA Medical Center. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in