Cancer

The investment is in partnerships with Mercy in Fort Smith and the University of Oklahoma Health Stephenson Cancer Center in Tulsa.

The University of Arkansas for Arkansas for Medical Sciences was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research a herpes virus that has been associated with cancer.

Pete is joined by Stacey Russell, with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, for a conversation about the 2024 Light The Night event, taking place Nov. 1, in Rogers.

The Arkansas Legislature voted to redirect tax revenue from medical marijuana sales, and send $100 million in reserve funds to UAMS to pursue national cancer designation.

A significant portion of tax revenue collected from medical marijuana sales in Arkansas is granted each year to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock. The tax funding is being spent on facilities expansion, research and development, and hiring new key staff in a quest to be certified as a National Cancer Institute — the first in Arkansas.

A new blood test has received FDA breakthrough status approval that can detect more than 50 different kinds of cancer in a patient. Mercy Hospitals in Rogers and Fort Smith are among the earliest health systems to offer the test.

A new blood test has received FDA breakthrough status approval that can detect more than 50 different kinds of cancer in a patient. Mercy Hospitals in Rogers and Fort Smith are among the earliest health systems to offer the test.

Neal Palafox M.D. is a professor in the John Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center who has worked for over a quarter of a…

Researchers at Stage 1 Diagnostics in Little Rock have developed a blood test that can detect early-stage cancer by measuring a patient's levels of…

In this edition of the KUAF Community Spotlight, Amber Freeman, a volunteer with the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Cancer Society, shares her…