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News from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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AUG. 7, 2003 |
The University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS) will give free prostate
cancer screenings Fri., Sept. 19, 9 a.m. -
4 p.m.
The
screenings will be on the sixth floor of the Arkansas
Cancer Research Center (ACRC)
(See
map.) at UAMS in Little Rock. Preregistration
for the screenings is not required. For more information,
call 501-296-1545 or 501-296-1505, ext. 1110.
"One
of the smartest health decisions that men
can make is to be screened for prostate
cancer," says Graham F. Greene, M.D.,
an associate professor of urology in the
UAMS College of Medicine and the head of
genitourinary oncology at ACRC where he
sees patients in the Urology
Oncology Clinic. "Routine
screening can catch the disease in its
early stages when it is confined to the
prostate gland and, therefore, more likely
to be cured by immediate treatment."
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Each screening
will include a medical history, a
prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test
and a digital rectal exam (DRE).
Participants will be notified of their
test results by mail. Patient education
materials on prostate cancer will be
available at the screenings.
"Having
this screening at UAMS also gives men in
Arkansas the opportunity to be involved in
ongoing research for the prevention of
prostate cancer," Dr. Greene
explains. "The knowledge we gain from
this research may enable us to improve
prostate cancer outcomes."
Prostate
cancer is the most commonly diagnosed
cancer and the second-leading cause of
cancer-related deaths in American men who
are 50 and older. Current American Cancer
Society recommendations state that all men
who are 50 to 75 years old should be
screened annually for prostate cancer,
with black men and those with a family
history of the disease starting their
yearly screenings at age 45.
Links on This Page
ACRC Map: http://www.uams.edu/maps/Campus/ACRCMap.html
Outpatient Parking Deck Map: http://www.uams.edu/maps/Campus/OPCParkingMap.html
Arkansas Cancer Research Center: http://www.acrc.uams.edu/
ACRC Urology Oncology Clinic: http://www.acrc.uams.edu/patients/urology_clinic.asp
Men: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/073103/prostate.htm
Free: http://www.uams.edu/today/2003/073103/cardiology.htm
Prostate Cancer: http://www.uams.edu/htyh/0801/prostate.htm
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University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS). A single copy of these
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