SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION
The Tenth Annual Charles William Rasco III Symposium on Colorectal Cancer is designed to provide practitioners with the most up-to-date information in the important areas of detection and treatment of colorectal cancer from both the primary care and specialist perspectives. This conference will provide health care workers with the latest information concerning colorectal cancer prevention and screening, novel therapies including antiangiogenic agents and EGFR inhibitors, hereditary cancer syndromes associated with colon cancer, and innovative techniques of colon resection using laparoscopic surgery. Emphasis will also be placed on the discussion of the Colorectal Cancer Act of 2005.

REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee for the symposium, but please fill out the form on line so we will know how many handouts to prepare.

Registration deadline is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

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CHARLES WILLIAM RASCO III
UAMS Medical Center is proud that this symposium honors Charles William
Rasco III. Diagnosed with colon cancer in September 1991, Rasco possessed a
strong faith that guided him in his search to find a cure. Always willing
to undergo any treatment that might help him regain his health, he
participated in a clinical trial at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center
(ACRC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). His
courageous battle against colon cancer ended in March 1994 when he died at
the age of 59. Today, Nancy Rasco ­ his wife of 33 years ­ continues the
fight against cancer by serving on the Garland County American Cancer
Society Board in Hot Springs, Ark. Her generous support of the ACRC¹s
efforts enables UAMS Medical Center to offer cancer-related educational
opportunities such as this symposium.

A native of DeWitt, Ark., Charles William Rasco III filled his life with
family and religion, farming and community service. He and Nancy had two
daughters ­ Becca Rasco Mehlin and Kent Rasco Magee ­ and five
grandchildren. Mr. Rasco was a Texas A&M graduate whose degree in animal
husbandry served him well as he made his living farming rice, wheat and
soybeans. In addition to being a farmer, he was a bank director of the
DeWitt Bank and Trust; a justice of the peace for the Arkansas County Quorum
Court; a deacon in the First Baptist Church in DeWitt; and a first
lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Rasco¹s community service also included roles
as the president of the Arkansas Rice Council; a member of both the Arkansas
Rice Research and Promotion Board and the Arkansas Petroleum Company Inc.
Board; and the past president of both the DeWitt Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary Club of DeWitt. In his leisure time, he enjoyed duck hunting, golf,
tennis, boating and traveling.