UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine E-Edition 2016 | Page 5

BY THE NUMBERS

350

$100
MILLION

The Cancer Center is home to
350 scientists and physicians
whose sole focus is the research
and treatment of cancer.

20K

The Cancer Center generates
approximately $100 million in research
funding from outside sources.

5000
THE NUMBER OF NEW
CANCER PATIENTS SEEN
AT UAB ANNUALLY.

THE CANCER CENTER
PROVIDES ONGOING
CARE FOR MORE THAN
20,000 PATIENTS EACH YEAR.

1,500

The number of people educated as CHARPS – Community Health Advisors
Trained as Research Partners – by the Cancer Center’s Deep South Network
for Cancer Control, which aims to eliminate cancer health disparities among
minorities and underserved populations throughout Alabama and Mississippi.
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