The University of Arizona Cancer Center and Banner – University Medicine will observe Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month with an outreach event on Saturday, April 28, in Building 2 at the UA Cancer Center – North Campus, 3838 N. Campbell Ave. An hour-long educational session begins at 9 a.m. and free public cancer screenings will take place from 10 a.m. to noon. Dental professionals, as we
ll as members of the general public, are invited.
“This is our first head and neck cancer screening event,” said Margaret Eller, RN, UA Cancer Center head and neck nurse navigator. “Our head and neck team is excited to introduce themselves and support the Tucson community in finding cancer at an early stage.”
The educational presentation will be given by faculty of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Radiation Oncology and Division of Hematology/Oncology, including Steven Wang, MD, Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, Shethal Bearelly, MD, and Sun Yi, MD.
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About Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, nationally ranked as a Best Hospital by U.S. News and World Report, and Banner – University Medical Center South, are part of Banner – University Medicine, a premier academic medical network. These institutions are academic medical centers for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Included on the two campuses are Diamond Children’s Medical Center and many specialty clinics. The two academic medical centers are part of Arizona-based Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health-care systems in the country, with 28 hospitals in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. For more information, visit BannerHealth.com/UniversityTucson or BannerHealth.com/UniversitySouth.