When it comes to cancer, everyone needs a strong defense. That’s why Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price are teaming up at halftime during the Mavericks’ Thursday night game against the Indiana Pacers for a full-court press against cancer. This event is part of UT Southwestern’s campaign to “Conquer Cancer,” a new initiative from the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center to empower the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to beat cancer with screening and prevention.

The mayors and Mavs will unite with UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center and call on the community to:

• • • Make time for mammograms
    • Stop smoking
    • Get screened for Hepatitis C and colon cancer
    • Vaccinate teens and tweens against HPV
    • And discover your cancer risk through genetic testing

WHEN: Wednesday, February 27^nd, 2019 | 7:30PM Tipoff | Halftime Event

WHERE: American Airlines Center | 2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas, TX 75219

ABOUT UT SOUTHWESTERN: UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution’s faculty has received six Nobel Prizes, and includes 22 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 15 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 2,500 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in about 80 specialties to more than 105,000 hospitalized patients, nearly 370,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits a year.