What Does it Mean to be an NCI-Designated Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has designated UAB’s cancer program as a comprehensive cancer center – one of only 63 in the nation, and 12 in the southeast. As a designated comprehensive cancer center, UAB has a strong institutional commitment to demonstrating excellence in cancer diagnosis, treatment, therapy and education, and playing an integral role in cancer research.
Physicians working in UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center actively engage in multidisciplinary scientific cancer research, with the goal of reducing cancer incidences, morbidity and mortality. Our superior medical professionals, coupled with our state-of-the-art technology, make the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center one of the major cancer centers in the U.S. Funded through grants and private donors, it has the resources to battle this disease.
When you choose the NCI-designated UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, you benefit from the expertise of seasoned cancer specialists in a technologically advanced facility.
Physicians working in UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center actively engage in multidisciplinary scientific cancer research, with the goal of reducing cancer incidences, morbidity and mortality. Our superior medical professionals, coupled with our state-of-the-art technology, make the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center one of the major cancer centers in the U.S. Funded through grants and private donors, it has the resources to battle this disease.
When you choose the NCI-designated UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, you benefit from the expertise of seasoned cancer specialists in a technologically advanced facility.
