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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.

UAB Medicine’s Next Steps Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic helps patients living beyond breast cancer through ongoing monitoring for long-term issues and watching for early signs of the cancer returning.

Albert Isaac has had many reasons to give thanks ever since he collapsed in his front yard while his wife was inside preparing New Year’s dinner. Primarily, he is thankful for the results he received after going through a clinical trial.

With an estimated 53,000 deaths from colon cancer in 2024, one University of Alabama at Birmingham physician explains what people in their 20s and 30s need to know about risk factors and warning signs of the disease. 

Mark your calendars for this year's State of the Science Summit: Hematologic Malignancies coming to Birmingham on May 23, 2024.

Mark your calendar for this year's Colon on the Corner event on Thursday, March 7, and check out additional event details.

If you were recently diagnosed with cancer, you may want to do everything you can to develop and maintain healthy behaviors. Anna Abel, a UAB nutrition sciences graduate, shares her expertise for getting more nutrition during cancer treatment.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., vice chair for Global and Rural Health in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was chosen to lead a workgroup charged with creating the United States cervical cancer elimination plan.  

When members of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center investigate complex questions together, the new therapies, discoveries and patient care improvements that result become more than the sum of the parts

According to the American Cancer Society, it was estimated that nearly 115,000 new cases of gynecologic cancers were diagnosed in American women in 2023. However, many women are unaware of their potential risk for developing a gynecologic cancer and the symptoms that indicate they may have cancer.

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is pleased to announce that the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) has generously funded three Pre-R01 grants through the fall cycle of O’Neal Invests.

Andrew McDonald, M.D., answers questions about his career journey and experience as an employee of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.