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Reducing the impact of cancer means getting involved in caring for people before they become patients. This includes expanding access to preventive care and spreading awareness and education that lead to new habits.

The road to success is rarely direct, as fourth-year UAB graduate student Michael Franks can attest; Franks is the winner of the 2024 Jacob Baker NextGen Scholar Award for his research project, “Stem-Like Memory NK Cells Contribute to Improved Outcomes in Oncolytic Virotherapy of Glioblastoma.”

Cancer can hurt in many ways, so pain relief is part of any cancer treatment plan. Pain can be caused by several different things during the cancer journey, including tumors, chemotherapy, radiation, etc.

At the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual Light The Night event, we gather as a community to celebrate, honor, and remember those affected by blood cancer.

The UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted its 2024 Iron Strong Awards July 12, honoring nine cancer clinical trial survivors.

The UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce that the BCRFA has generously funded two catalyst grants through the spring cycle of O’Neal Invests.

The UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce its spring 2024 O’Neal Invests grant awards.

Gardening is a great way to get outdoors and soak in vitamin D while also providing fresh vegetables to enjoy. In a study published in JAMA Network Open, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers — in collaboration with researchers from Auburn University — found that vegetable gardening also improved health outcomes among cancer survivors.

At age 64, Tuscaloosa resident Brenda Peoples received a shocking diagnosis: leukemia. Now six years later, she credits her new lease on life to a bone marrow transplant at UAB Medicine, along with her positive attitude and support from her family and health care team.

New technology presents new opportunities in patient care, something that Yogesh Kumar, Ph.D., knew well when he began researching the use of machine-learning software in cancer treatment. When he received this year’s Mary Ann Harvard NextGen Scholar Award for his work integrating artificial intelligence into radiotherapy, he knew he was on the right track.

Preliminary clinical data for glioblastoma multiforme patients enrolled in a Phase 1 clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham demonstrated that 92 percent of evaluable patients treated with INB-200 exceeded a median progression-free survival of seven months with concomitant temozolomide chemotherapy.

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center invites patients, their families, and caregivers to participate in healing movement classes, held each weekday this summer via Zoom.

Your doctor may recommend genetic counseling if you have a personal or family history of cancer that could be hereditary (run in families). The information it reveals can be helpful for you, your family members, and even your doctors.

As sunny days and summer approach, skin care and sunscreen are more important than ever. Avoiding ultraviolet light can potentially prevent nearly 3 million cases of skin cancer annually.

Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, and the number of Americans living with the disease continues to rise. Fortunately, melanoma survival rates at all stages have increased greatly due to treatment advances, but prevention and early diagnosis still offer the best chance for survival.

Over the past decade, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has become a national leader in clinical trials — studies examining the use of new treatments in people. And more patients than ever in Alabama have access to life-changing therapies at UAB.

While most 10-year-olds are focused on sports, school and socializing with friends, Kallie McDonald was by her mother’s side, holding her hand in support during a challenging health journey. While her mom was receiving treatments for ovarian cancer at UAB, she continuously praised her gynecologic oncology and infusion nurses, which inspired McDonald to pursue a career in nursing.  

Karen Donour answers why she chose the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB for her cancer journey and more in this Q&A.

For those looking to nick nicotine out of their lives, Megan Princewill, a tobacco treatment specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shares the how and why you should quit smoking.

Join the fight against brain cancer by participating in the Blazer Bolt 5K or fun run on Saturday, May 18, at Railroad Park.

Macy Reeves answers questions about her career journey and experience as an employee of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Join the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the National Marrow Donor Program for a free screening event of the 2023 documentary “American Symphony” on Sunday, April 28, at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.   

A nationwide study of 196 cities shows that housing discrimination from 90 years ago still casts a historical shadow of inequities in colon cancer care today, S.M. Qasim Hussaini, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues at the American Cancer Society and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health report in the journal JCO Oncology Practice.

With a 60 percent chance that a tumor will not respond to chemotherapy, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Georgia State University and the University of Galway in Ireland sought to determine whether responses to the treatment could be predicted before a breast cancer patient’s first infusion.