O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2020 | Page 27

Luciano Costa, M.D., Ph.D., meets with a patient at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. A BOLD MOVE IN THE BLOOD CANCER BATTLE: RESEARCHER’S CANCER CLINICAL TRIAL EARNS STANDING OVATION An innovative study led by O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center scientist Luciano Costa, M.D., Ph.D., generated national buzz for its success in fighting multiple myeloma and enrolling African American patients. UAB.EDU/CANCER 25