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April 19, 2012

UAMS, CARTI Agree on Sale of Clinic Assets

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – CARTI and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have reached an agreement regarding the sale by CARTI to UAMS of all assets associated with the CARTI clinic located on the UAMS campus in Little Rock. </span>


December 14, 2011

Two-Time Cancer Survivor Fights Back

David Robinson

Dec. 14, 2011 | Fifteen years after undergoing a mastectomy to remove a cancerous tumor from her right breast, Sherry Tuminello thought her fight was over. Unfortunately, she was wrong.


November 18, 2011

Half-Century Breast Cancer Survivor Shares Perspective

Jon Parham

Nov. 18, 2011 | In 1961, when most of the country was focused on the first American helicopters landing in Vietnam, 27-year-old Joyce Faulkner was already engaged in a different type of battle: the battle against breast cancer. Fast forward 50 years, and the now 77-year-old Faulkner not only won her battle but serves as inspiration for other women who are still in the fight.


November 2, 2011

Melanoma Survivors Prone to New Cancers, UAMS Finds

David Robinson

Nov. 2, 2011 | Melanoma skin cancer survivors are much more likely than the general population to have future new cases of invasive melanomas and other cancers, says a national study led by UAMS’ Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H.


UAMS Study: Melanoma Survivors at High Risk for Future Cancers

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Melanoma skin cancer survivors are much more likely than the general population to have future new cases of invasive melanomas and other cancers, says a national study led by UAMS’ Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H.


October 6, 2011

Glass Sculptures to Benefit UAMS Cancer Institute

Nate Hinkel

Oct. 6, 2011 | The sale of original glass sculptures by Pine Bluff artist James Hayes will benefit enhanced patient support services at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


September 9, 2011

Rally Raises Awareness of Ovarian Cancer

David Robinson

Sept. 9, 2011 | A set of risers displaying 140 teal high heel shoes was a blatant reminder to visitors at the state Capitol on Aug. 30 of the Arkansas women who will lose their fight with ovarian cancer this year.


August 8, 2011

Cancer Forces Runner to Make Tough Decision

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 8, 2011 | By the time Rhonda Ellis arrived at UAMS to see Richard Nicholas, M.D., she was worried. After more tests, Nicholas told her and her husband, John, it could be a low-grade cancer — possibly a clear-cell chondrosarcoma growing inside the femur, or hip bone.


July 20, 2011

U.S. News Ranks UAMS Medical Center Top Hospital in Metro Area

Jon Parham

July 20, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been ranked as having the top hospital out of 23 hospitals in the Little Rock metropolitan area in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-12 Best Hospital rankings.


July 6, 2011

Volunteers Offer Comfort for Breast Cancer Patients

Jon Parham

uly 6, 2011 | Simple things can mean a lot. As a husband who watched his wife experience breast cancer, Harold Zook knows this first hand.



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