The University of Arizona Department of Medicine will host an inaugural Principal Investigators (PI) Poster Session on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in Kiewit Auditorium in the Leon F. Levy Building at the UA Cancer Center.
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.
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.
Craig Cunningham calms his mother (left) as Dr. Zain Khalpey (right), with Dr. Reza Movahed, discusses his care after sudden cardiac arrest. [Photo: Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star]
The Petersen Clinics Pharmacy Group—aka T-Rx Group (or Team Rx)—is providing a presentation on “In the Pipeline: Medication Discoveries” at its next meet-your-pharmacist community event Friday, Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN), 2660 N. 1st Ave.
