UAB Researcher Selected for Inaugural Ovarian Cancer Academy Award
A researcher in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected for the inaugural Ovarian Cancer Academy Award, part of the U.S. Department of Defense funding for cancer research. Assistant Professor Charles Landen, M.D., of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, is one of seven early career investigators chosen for the grant. The award is $1.06 million from the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research.
New Cancer Radiation Technology at UAB Improves Accuracy, Drops Treatment Time Below a Minute in Some Patients
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center is among the world’s first to begin using radiation technology that dramatically reduces treatment times.
New Radiation Oncology Center Offers Leading-Edge Care in a Patient-Friendly Clinic Space
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center welcomes patients to its new facility, where its specialized physicians offer the world’s most advanced radiation treatment.
Welch Named to Komen Advisory Council to Guide Breast Cancer Research
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Senior Scientist Danny Welch, Ph.D., a renowned expert in the biology and genetics of cancer metastasis, has been Selected to Serve on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Scientific Advisory Council.
Are Dead Cancer Cells Feeding Cancer's Spread? UAB Awarded $805,000 Grant to Study the Issue
Researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center and UAB Department of Chemistry have won an $805,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to study whether dead cancer cells left over after treatment encourage cancer’s spread to other parts of the body.