UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine E-Edition 2014 | Page 2

news from the director 2014 E-EDITION • VOLUME XXX • NUMBER 2 contents NEURO-ONCOLOGY AT UAB........................................3 NO OTHER ORGAN in the human body is more essential to defining who a person is than the brain. Our ability to move, our ability to concentrate, our ability to remember, our ability to see, touch and feel – parts of FACTS ABOUT NEURO-ONCOLOGY............4 our brain are controlling all of these functions and more. This is one of the many rea- RESEARCH BRIEFS....................5 sons that treating brain cancer is so difficult. The functions that CENTER PROFILE.....................6 the brain is responsible for are dispersed throughout the brain’s YOUNG SUPPORTERS BOARD PROFILE.......................7 tissue, so different parts are doing entirely different things. For many patients, dealing with INSIDE VIEW...............................8 the after-effects of treatments is as much of a challenge as the treatments themselves. But at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, As always, our ultimate goal is a world our scientists and physicians are working where cancer is no longer a major public diligently to better our understanding of health concern. With your help, we will TO THE CENTER brain tumors and how they are treated. In make that vision a reality. Thank you for this e-edition of UAB Comprehensive Cancer your support. There are a variety of ways to give to the Center Magazine, we give you an overview UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. All of our neurological oncology program and GIVING donations are tax-deductible as allowed by show you how we’re making an impact against this disease. Edward Partridge, M.D. Director and Evalina B. Spencer Chair in Oncology law and may be designated for the cancer or research area of your choice. Every dollar stays here in Birmingham and is directly applied to cancer research and treatment. 2014 • VOLU ME Donations may be made by visiting the Cancer Center’s Web site, uab.edu/cancer, or by calling the Office of Development and Community Relations at [phone]. For a free subscription to UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, please call [phone] or send an e-mail with your name and address to [email protected]. XXX • NU MBER 1 AN NC I-DES I G N AT ED CO MPREH CANCE ENSIVE R CENT ER SIN C E 19 71 to SCREEN or NOT TO SCREEN? Microbiom e The Impact of Bacteria on Cancer — and You