The University of Arizona hockey team wants to put cancer in the penalty box and invites fans and cancer foes to join the effort on Friday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m., when the Wildcats will sport pink jerseys honoring those who have suffered from cancer during their game against Utah at the Tucson Convention Center.
Eight years ago, results from a landmark cancer prevention trial run by the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) showed that a daily dose of vitamin E and selenium did not prevent prostate cancer.
The University of Arizona Cancer Center is partnering with the Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) to deliver a free four-part educational series on cancer beginning in early February.
Cancer directly impacts 1 out of every 3 people. Science and technology have transformed the fight against cancer since then-President Richard Nixon called for a War on Cancer by signing the National Cancer Act of 1971. Now there is a renewed effort to push the boundaries of medicine in a search for a cure with President Obama’s Cancer Moonshot.
As part of the 2016-2017 University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center’s 30th Anniversary Commemoration, the community is invited to the upcoming lecture “Resuscitation Research: More Ways to Cheat Death.” The lecture will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 – 7:15 p.m., in Room 5403, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
SPEAKER: Michael Dohm, MD, FAAOS, ABOS
TOPIC: Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Evidence, Outcomes, Registries
SPEAKER: Ernest Vina, MD, MS
TOPIC: Recurrent Fevers
SPEAKER: Zaynb Hassan, MD
TOPIC: “How to evaluate numbness and tingling in a Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) patient” and “CNS Vasculopathies: Challenging Mimickers of primary angiitis of the central nervous system”
TOPIC: Nephrology/Rheumatology Conference
SPEAKER: Amy Sussman, MD and Erika Bracamonte, MD
With the Division of Infectious Diseases joining the number of UA Department of Medicine divisions who’ve added a grand rounds lecture series back to their academic calendars—and the Division of Nephrology expected to join them soon—space on your calendar may be at a premium these days.
The cancer program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson has been granted three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.
