U of Alabama at Birmingham opens CRC clinic — 3 insights

The University of Alabama at Birmingham opened its Multidisciplinary Colorectal Cancer Clinic Feb. 28.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. The clinic is going to serve as a one-stop shop for patients.

2. Multiple specialists will practice out of the clinic, preventing patients from having to make several visits across a series of days.

3. The clinic was established as a multidisciplinary effort between the university’s gastrointestinal surgery department, hematology and oncology department and department of radiation oncology.

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