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Cancer

Doctors are counseling testicular cancer patients
May 29, 2025

Self-exams for testicular cancer recommended for men with risk factors or symptoms

Testicular cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the testicles, or testes, which make sperm. The testicles are the two egg-shaped glands inside the scrotum, the sac of loose skin located directly below the penis.
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Patient receiving an oral cancer screening
April 22, 2025

UAB offers free oral cancer screenings during Oral Cancer Awareness Month

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is offering free oral cancer screenings to the public during the last week of April. The screenings, hosted by the departments of Otolaryngology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, will take only five to 10 minutes to conduct and will include a check for lesions and lumps inside the mouth.
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group of women smiling
October 10, 2024

Essential breast cancer prevention tips for women of all ages

When it comes to breast cancer prevention, there are things that women of all ages can educate themselves on and incorporate into their daily lives to help them live the healthiest lives possible.
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railroad park sign
July 24, 2024

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ‘Light The Night’

At the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual Light The Night event, we gather as a community to celebrate, honor, and remember those affected by blood cancer. Friends and family members join together with schools, corporate teams, and sponsors to raise money for lifesaving research, advocacy, and to assist patients and their families.
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Kallie McDonald
May 13, 2024

Infusion nurse draws inspiration from mother’s cancer journey to fuel nursing career

While most 10-year-olds are focused on sports, school and socializing with friends, Kallie McDonald was by her mother’s side, holding her hand in support during a challenging health journey. While her mom was receiving treatments for ovarian cancer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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UAB Health System and Infirmary Health
January 24, 2024

UAB Health System and Infirmary Health partner to deliver comprehensive cancer care together

The UAB Health System and Infirmary Health have entered a relationship to bring collaborative, comprehensive cancer services to patients in southern Alabama, southeast Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. The result of a multi-year planning effort on behalf of the leadership of the two organizations, this partnership was born with the goal of decreasing the burden of cancer, improving outcomes, and expanding cancer scientific discovery through an increased footprint and resources of both organizations.
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Woman Holding Teal Ribbon on Lower Abdomen
January 3, 2024

Cervical cancer: what you need to know

Each January, Cervical Cancer Awareness Month calls attention to important facts about a type of cancer that is diagnosed in about 14,000 women in the United States annually and is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide.
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Nurse tending to a female African American cancer patient
November 14, 2023

UAB works to improve immunotherapy in treating gynecologic cancers

Immunotherapy is a common type of treatment that uses the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer and other diseases. Gynecologic cancers are treated in different ways, but immunotherapy is becoming more common in treating cervical cancer, uterine (endometrial) cancer, and other cancers that start in women’s reproductive organs. At the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, physicians and researchers are improving the use of certain immunotherapies, and many patients are seeing better treatment results.
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Francine Walton, MPH, and her mother, Marcia Walton, on a trip to Maine in the fall
May 31, 2023

Mother & Daughter: How cancer shaped the career path of the Office for Community Outreach & Engagement’s Program Director Francine Walton, MPH

Francine Walton, MPH, is a program director in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office of Community Outreach & Engagement. Sharing the importance of cancer screening, early detection, and access to care is all in a day’s work as she leads the outreach and community education programs. But it’s also a personal priority. Her mother, a four-time cancer survivor, has had a profound influence on Walton’s career path.
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hands holding cutout of head showing brain activity
May 16, 2023

Brain tumors: Learn about the different types, symptoms, and advanced treatments at UAB

Brain cancer is rare but serious. Researchers estimate that more than 18,000 adults in the United States will die from cancerous brain tumors this year alone.
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Young African American girl smiling while applying sunscreen at the beach.
May 3, 2023

Say Yes to Sunscreen and No to Sunburn

One in five Americans will develop skin cancer, according to estimates by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). Avoiding ultraviolet light — a risk factor for all types of skin cancer — could prevent more than 3 million skin cancer cases annually.
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Patrick McCrocklin with dog
March 7, 2023

UAB Patient Beats Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer Without Surgery

In November 2020, retired Chief Master Sergeant Patrick McCrocklin visited the medical center at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., where he assumed he would be treated for a hernia. He actually had two hernias, but doctors also found two mysterious spots on his liver. MRI and PET scans revealed stage 4 colorectal cancer that had spread to his liver, and he was given just six months to live.
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