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New Clinical Trials Network

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For more information on UAB Women & Infants Ser vices visit : uabmedicine.org / women
Alvarez (top) and Huh lead major clinical trials.

U A B M e dicin e R e sou r c e s

issu e h ig h lig h ts

M D L e a r ning C h ann e l
For CME-accredited presentations and web-based learning,
visit learnmd.uabmedicine.org.

UAB a Gyn-Oncology ‘Lead Academic Site’
UAB Helps Develop Virtual Pelvis in Immersive
Learning Environment

digital UAB Insight editions, news and updates, and more.
Visit uabmedicine.org/physician.

New Subspecialty for Female Pelvic Disorders
and Reconstruction
Austin Transitions to New Role in OB/GYN

UA B M I ST
MIST provides 24-hour consultation and referral services to physicians.
Contact MIST by calling 800.822.MIST (6478).

With the transformation of National Cancer Institute

Publications of Note

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Featured Clinical Trials

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New Physicians

to promote efficiency and facilitate prioritization in clinical

clinical trials structure into the National Clinical Trials

research.

Network (NCTN), the UAB Division of Gynecologic

Gynecologic cancer will be represented by NRG

UAB is ranked among America’s Best Hospitals
for Patient Satisfaction for Women.

Oncology continues its leadership role in guiding novel

Oncology, as the result of the merger of three “legacy

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therapies through human studies.

groups.” NRG Oncology represents the complementary

UAB Medicine News

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funding as a Lead Academic Participating Center in the new

(GOG), of which UAB is a founding member, the National

structure, with Division Director Ronald Alvarez, MD, as

Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, and the

Measures of Success

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principal investigator.

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. They will share equal

Noteworthy Event

P h ysician H Q
UAB Medicine online headquarters provides information on referrals,

UAB is Named a Gyn-Oncology ‘Lead
Academic Site’ in New National Cancer
Institute’s Clinical Trials Network

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UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) will receive

The NCTN change follows an Institute of Medicine
recommendation that the existing nine-member adult
Clinical Trials Cooperative Group be consolidated into four

research areas of the Gynecologic Oncology Group

responsibility for executing the group’s research program.
As a Lead Academic Participating Site, UAB will provide
scientific leadership in development and conduct of clinical

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