melanoma

June 20, 2019

UAMS Researcher Awarded $1.75 Million Grant to Study New Therapies for Metastatic Melanoma

Susan Van Dusen

Alan Tackett, Ph.D., was awarded a National Cancer Institute grant of $1.75 million to support his ongoing research into new therapies for metatatic melanoma.

Alan Tackett, Ph.D., a cancer researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a five-year $1.75 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify new tumor targets in the treatment of metastatic melanoma.

October 23, 2013

Plastic Surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Plastic surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.

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.