Cancer research


March 15, 2022

UAMS Study Finds Cancer Treatment Creates Employment Difficulties for Some Rural Women

David Wise

Woman in a warehouse

LITTLE ROCK — Rural women are likely to face significant challenges finding secure and reliable employment following cancer treatment if they did not already have a secure job at the time of their diagnosis, according to a new study led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers. The study, which was published in…


April 30, 2014

RockStar Lounge Raises Funds for Cancer Research

Liz Caldwell

It may be 2014, but friends of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute can still party like it’s 1999 when it comes to supporting cancer research.


February 25, 2014

Researcher Aids Cancer Prevention with Colon Polyp Identifier

Liz Caldwell

Feb. 25, 2014 | Research led by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor of medicine and genetics has found a way to identify a type of polyp in the colon that may account for as much as 30 percent of colon cancers, a potential breakthrough in colon cancer prevention.