UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine E-Edition 2016 | Page 4

THE UAB COMPREHENSIVE

CANCER CENTER:
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The UAB Comprehensive Cancer
Center has received a five-year,
$29-million Cancer Center Support
Grant from the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) to renew support
for its cancer research program
through 2021. The Cancer
Center Support Grant is the most
prestigious federal grant that
can be earned by an institution
with significant cancer research
and patient care programs. The
renewal also extends UAB’s elite
“comprehensive” designation,
which is characterized by
scientific excellence and the
ability to integrate diverse
research approaches in the
fight against cancer.

The number of
NCI-designated
comprehensive cancer
centers in the U.S.

The number of comprehensive cancer centers in
Alabama and the Deep South region including South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

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To maintain the comprehensive
designation, all cancer centers –
including UAB – must undergo a
rigorous and extensive review
process every five years.

But what does being a
“comprehensive” cancer center
mean? In this special e-edition
of UAB Comprehensive Cancer
Center Magazine, we invite you
to learn more about our center –
by the numbers.
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U A B

C O M P R E H E N S I V E

C A N C E R

YEARS

C E N T E R

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$29
MILLION
The Cancer Center’s recently renewed
core grant provides $29 million for
the next five years in funding
to support research programs,
shared facilities and infrastructure.

UAB WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
EIGHT COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTERS ESTABLISHED BY THE
NATIONAL CANCER ACT IN 1971.