Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow: UAB’s Comprehensive Ovarian Cancer Program
Thanks to new and more effective treatments and screening measures, women with ovarian cancer are being treated sooner and experiencing longer, more productive lives. More than 30 to 40 percent of patients today are living past the five-year mark, a major advance made possible by a host of breakthroughs—many of them developed and tested by physicians and scientists at UAB.

Knowing the Signs: Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer thrives in the shadows, but women who know the risk factors can bring this disease into the healing light of day. Treatment options are more effective than ever, and many of the new advances are coming from UAB’s own Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Detection and Prevention: Ovarian Cancer
The best way to help women avoid ovarian cancer is to find it as soon as possible. But since there are few standardized screening tests, less than a quarter of patients are diagnosed before the cancer has spread to surrounding tissues and organs.

Inspiration: Robin Wyatt
Robin Wyatt had always enjoyed good health. A wife and a mother of two, she was working as an admissions director at Enterprise-Ozark Community College, a job that she loved, and she and husband Jim were enjoying life in the small town of Ozark, Alabama.

Inspiration: Mack Barnes, M.D.
Mack Barnes, M.D., is a superstar.That is how UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center director Edward Partridge, M.D., describes this dynamic physician-scientist.