sURVIVOR pROfILE ...............8 Kathy Taylor

CLINICAL UpDAtE ............. 10 UAB Cancer Care Network

REsEARCh UpDAtE .............12 Core Grant Renewal

CENtER pROfILE ..................14 Wendy Demark-Wahnefried

DEVELOpMENt UpDAtE ...17 James P. Hayes Endowed Chair

NURsE pROfILE ......................18 Toni Towns

fe at

ur es

co ve

r st

o ry

12

10 2

TO THE CENTER

There are a variety of ways to give to the UAB

Comprehensive Cancer Center. All donations

are tax-deductible as allowed by law and

may be designated for the cancer or research

area of your choice. Every dollar stays here in

Birmingham and is directly applied to cancer

research and treatment.

Donations may be made by visiting the

Cancer Center’s Web site, uab.edu/cancer,

or by calling the Office of Development and

Community Relations at (205) 934-1603.

GIVING ARtBLINk® 2011 .................. 20

ADVIsORy BOARD pROfILE ................................... 22 Idie Hastings

gi vi

ng b

ac k

q ui

ck t

ak es REsEARCh BRIEfs ............... 24

NEws AND EVENts ...........26

INsIDE VIEw ......................... 28 Brewton Reception for Jim Hayes

contents 2011 • Volume xxVII • Number 2

THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON CANCER