PATIENTS Discovering you have cancer is very upsetting, confusing, and stressful. Important decisions must be made, yet patients, families, and caregivers often feel overwhelmed. One way to overcome this is to learn about your disease, treatment options, and the cancer specialists who are best qualified to treat your particular type of cancer.

At the Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Oncology Center, you can explore all your treatment options in one visit, in one place, on one day. You will be given the opportunity to have a complete evaluation of your particular cancer by a team of three cancer specialists, a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist, and a surgeon.

Together with you, they will discuss the extent of your disease, review all treatment options, answer questions, and provide a comprehensive treatment recommendation all in one day.

In one visit, you will have encountered a team of doctors who will work together, combining their skills and knowledge to provide you with the highest quality of care. The result is a personal comprehensive treatment plan.

As a patient at the Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Oncology Center, you have access to The Kirklin Clinic, UAB Hospital, and all the latest research and resources of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. As such, you'll be given the opportunity to participate in research studies that can lead to groud-breaking discoveries for cancer treatment and cures.