colorectal cancer


March 19, 2018

Events Educate Professionals on Gastrointestinal Cancer Advances

Susan Van Dusen

UAMS' Issam Makhoul, M.D., (right) served as course director for the Rasco Symposium on Colorectal Cancer and GI Malignancies, and Ronald Bleday, M.D., of Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute was keynote speaker.

March 19, 2018 | Two UAMS events combined forces for the second year in a row to educate health care providers on the latest advances in gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis and therapy.


March 16, 2017

Two-Day Event Educates Professionals on the Latest Cancer Therapies

Susan Van Dusen

March 16, 2017 | For 20 years, a UAMS event has provided health care professionals with the most up-to-date information on diagnosing and treating colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers. A second day of educational sessions, combined for the first time in 2017, expanded the offerings to include overviews of several cancer-related topics specifically for primary…


September 2, 2015

Fellowship-Trained Colon and Rectal Surgeon W. Conan Mustain, M.D., Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Fellowship-trained colon and rectal surgeon W. Conan Mustain, M.D. has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery and sees patients at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Mustain is board-certified in general surgery and board-eligible…


April 3, 2015

Health Care Professionals Gather for 18th Annual Rasco Symposium

Ben Boulden

April 3, 2015 | A day-long event March 13 at UAMS gave health care professionals the opportunity to learn the latest research and treatment innovations for colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies.


March 14, 2012

Experts Gather for 15th Annual Rasco Symposium

Nate Hinkel

MARCH 14, 2012 |Colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal (GI) malignancy experts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and across the country gathered March 9-10 to discuss the latest innovations and research in the treatment of GI malignancies.