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The Cancer Center currently offers
more than 180 cancer-related clinical
trials exploring an array of therapies,
diagnostics and preventive options.

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The UAB Health System Cancer Community Network and Patient Care Connect
consists of 12 hospitals across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee
that emphasize collaboration between UAB and community cancer centers on
evidence-based guidelines for cancer treatment of patients in local communities.

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THE NUMBER OF SHARED
FACILITIES SUPPORTED
BY THE CORE GRANT.
THESE CORE FACILITIES
ARE SHARED RESEARCH
RESOURCES THAT
HOUSE STATE-OF-THEART TECHNOLOGIES
AND EXPERTISE THAT
INVESTIGATORS COULD
NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.

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

C A N C E R

The Cancer Center holds
Specialized Program of Research
Excellence (SPORE) grants in
breast, brain and pancreatic
cancers. SPOREs are highly
competitive and prestigious
grants designed to enhance
translational research between
the laboratory bench and the
patient bedside.

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The number of research
programs supported by
the core grant. These
programs range from
Cancer Cell Biology
to Cancer Control &
Population Sciences.

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UAB offers specialized cancer care in
12 multidisciplinary clinics including
hematology-oncology, breast,
gynecologic oncology, gastrointestinal,
genitourinary and brain cancers.