Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
October 13, 2020
Mother, Daughter Support Each Other Through Breast Cancer Diagnoses
When Debby Linton Ferguson was diagnosed in her 30s with an aggressive form of breast cancer, her mother was right by her side. Little did they know that seven years later, both would proclaim themselves breast cancer survivors.
October 12, 2020
Social Work Manager: Being Social and Safe During the Holidays
“Wearing a mask is not a political statement,” said Harold Dean, LCSW, OSW-C, clinical social work program manager for the UAMS Myeloma Center. “Instead, it is a matter of public safety,” he told blood cancer patients during a recent virtual support group meeting. Dean is co-facilitator for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Arkansas Division’s…
October 9, 2020
Consulate of Mexico Honors UAMS MammoVan
In recognition of UAMS’ longtime support of the Hispanic and Mexican communities, Rodolfo Quilantan Arenas, consul of the Consulate of Mexico in Little Rock, honored the UAMS Mobile Mammography team in an outdoor ceremony Oct. 6 at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
October 5, 2020
Scarless Hysterectomy Gives Sherwood Woman Peace of Mind
Lee Butler loves to garden. Her family and her neighbors all enjoy the abundant foliage of hosta plants and ferns as well as the blooms on the rose and azalea bushes surrounding her Sherwood home. “People ask me how I have time to make them all so beautiful. I tell them, “It didn’t start out…
September 21, 2020
Retired UAMS HR Chief Shares Myeloma Journey through Blog
Hosea Long of Little Rock recently turned 70, a milestone that for most may seem unremarkable. After all, it was not the former UAMS employee’s 100th, 90th or even his 80th birthday. But it was inspiring and incredible for him and his loved ones. Long explained why in a recent entry titled “Tomorrow starts a…
September 18, 2020
UAMS, Baptist Health, Arkansas Children’s Working Together To Expand Cancer Treatment in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees today approved joint ventures between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Baptist Health and Arkansas Children’s to expand access to radiation therapy as well as to establish the state’s first proton therapy center.
September 16, 2020
UAMS Researcher Delgado-Calle Awarded $1.7 Million to Study Bone Health in Myeloma Patients
LITTLE ROCK —Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been awarded a National Cancer Institute grant of more than $1.7 million to study ways bone therapy might repair damaged bone and prevent or delay relapse in myeloma patients. Multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells…
September 14, 2020
UAMS Partners Card Offers Shoppers and Diners 20% Discount at About 200 Locations
About 200 shops and restaurants in central and northwest Arkansas and Conway will offer discounts Oct. 30 – Nov. 8 with Partners Card, a fundraising project of the volunteer auxiliary of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
September 8, 2020
$1.9 Million Grant Funds DNA Damage Research by UAMS Scientist Justin Leung, Ph.D.
A $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Studies (NIGMS) will allow a scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to advance his research of DNA damage response (DDR) in cancer and genetic disorders.
September 4, 2020
‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Raises $400,000 for Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Arkansans stepped up to support the fight against cancer when the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute sponsored its first-ever televised fundraising event Sept. 2.
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