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Young New Jersey state trooper Barry Sleckman never thought he would be trading in his basement repair shop for a lab. Now the new director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, Sleckman has since built his career on the pursuit of what he calls “great things.”

UAB will launch the Pat and Jean Sullivan Comprehensive Head and Neck Cancer Survivor Care Program in 2020 — the first effort of its kind in the country.

Dedicated community leaders helped the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama make a record donation to the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Cancer research has traditionally focused on killing the disease, but Bhatia is a pioneer in proposing the next question entirely: What happens to her patients once cancer is gone?

Vestavia teens raise more than $200K for specialized, young adult cancer care at UAB.

The Cancer Center is working in partnership with the GO2 Foundation with a $1.6 million grant they received from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to reach underserved Alabamians who are most at-risk for lung cancer.

Noah Sharafeldin used UAB's supercomputer to identify biomarkers linked with "the fog," a cognitive impairment in patients who received a blood or marrow transplant. She's also testing a way to repair the damage: brain games.

Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. While these effective drugs lead to deep remission and prolonged survival, primitive leukemia stem cells resist elimination during the remission and persist as a major barrier to cure.

It took four months of detective work, but physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found the rare cause of a woman’s medical issues. UAB’s joint pituitary disorders clinic, featuring the unusual combination of endocrinology and neurosurgery, identified and removed a pituitary tumor from Debra Nelson that had gone undiagnosed for more than six years.  

Edward E. Partridge, M.D. and Barbara Partridge were honored honored by the Estes family for their exceptional contributions to the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin saw first-hand how the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center advances its mission of cancer research and care during a tour of the center this fall.

The inaugural Lace Up for a Cure walk brought together people from across the Birmingham community who have been affected by cancer.

A visionary gift from O’Neal Industries and its shareholders — the largest single gift to UAB — will establish the Cancer Center as a premier national destination for those working to end cancer and for those fighting a personal battle with the disease.

The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center mourns the loss of two great leaders and loyal supporters, James Estes and Mike Slive.

Family and friends of Diane Redington continue her advocacy, fundraising efforts against a rare cancer.

UAB offers CAR T-cell therapy, a new treatment that adapts a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer.

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB recently elected new members to its Advisory Board and Young Supporters Board.

Valerie Powell credits her job at UAB for discovering and treating her cancer.

Oral cancer is not just a disease of smokers and drinkers. Learn about this young mother’s journey to become cancer free.

In February 2017, Karen Warnock felt a cringe-worthy flare of back and hip pain. Walking was difficult and excruciating. The consensus among friends and family? Sciatica was the culprit.

In April 2019, the outreach office officially changed its name to become the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. This is not just a name change, but a whole new approach of how to reach the community in an effective manner.

Backpacking is hard enough without a softball-sized tumor in your leg. Not that it stopped JC Cunningham from tackling a section of the Appalachian Trail near Wesser, North Carolina, last Memorial Day. His hiking partner — a physician — had other thoughts. 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has established the first multidisciplinary program in the state to treat diseases of the pancreas and bile ducts with the creation of the Pancreatobiliary Disease Center within the School of Medicine.

In 2017, more than 107,000 new cases of gynecologic cancers were diagnosed in American women. Of those, an estimated 31,600 women lost their fight with a gynecologic cancer.