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WJR The FDA has approved a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, called Shield. This screening is available to adults 45 and older who are at an average risk of developing colon cancer. Wasif Saif, M.D., MBBS , medical oncologist, co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and leader of the Phase I Clinical Trials MDT , joined ‘JR Morning to answer some questions about what this new test means for the future of colorectal cancer screening. Schedu...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s fourth annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Night with the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official health care system of the Tigers, was a home run on Monday, July 8. Hundreds of prostate cancer survivors and their loved ones were brought together under the lights of Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers beat their division rival, the Cleveland Guardians. This awareness game also provided crucial information on early detection, highlighted the importanc...

The National Cancer Institute has awarded Jugmohit Toor, a third-year Wayne State University School of Medicine student, the   Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual M.D.-Ph.D. fellows. Jugmohit is an M.D.-Ph.D. student in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program. This NCI grant will support his research. His dissertation project is entitled “Investigating the MAIT cell- Microbiome Relationship in Pancreatic Cancer Liver Metastasis.” “I have always taken an interest in how T ...

Since the first immunotherapy drug to boost the body’s immune response against advanced lung cancer was introduced in the U.S. in 2015, survival rates of patients with the disease have improved significantly. That’s the conclusion of a recent real-world study published by Wiley online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. A team led by Dipesh Uprety, M.D., FACP , of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and the Wayne State University School of Medicine, published “Survi...

Michigan Chronicle In today’s world, patients can access their health care information through a portal that is updated by their health team, but are these innovative tools available to everyone? In this article, Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., MPH, associate center director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Karmanos and assistant professor at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, said we’re leaving a large population behind. She described why this is happening and explained why DEI init...

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has announced that Charles A. Schiffer, M.D., will be presented with one of two ASH Mentor Awards. Dr. Schiffer will receive his award during the 66 th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in December in San Diego, California. Dr. Schiffer retired as a hematologist and medical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in 2020. He was the leader of the Hematology Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and is still very active with the team, often partici...

The Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Detroit’s FutureHealers program is presenting a unique opportunity to high school students in the Detroit area. A program once known as FocuSSTEM NextGen, is now a fresh opportunity for students to make connections in the biomedical field. This revamped and rebranded program is the perfect chance for students interested in gaining an additional perspective on what their future careers might look like. Detroit FutureHealers’ goal is similar to FocuSSTEM NextGen, which is t...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University will host the Sixth Annual Lymphoma Symposium on Saturday, Aug. 3. This year’s symposium will feature lymphoma specialists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, Columbia University, and more, in addition to Karmanos experts. “As program director, I look forward to hosting the annual symposium each year,” said Dipenkumar Modi, M.D. , hematologist, medical oncologist, and member of the Bone Marrow an...

Warren Weekly  Theresa Hastert, Ph.D., MPP,  Population Studies and Disparities Research Program  member at Karmanos and associate professor in the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Oncology, joined Warren’s first Pride celebration. Dr. Hastert spoke to attendees about LGBTQ+ patients being seen in the health care system, especially when it comes to cancer. Read the article here .

WOMC Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University offer another Cross Training and Physical Activity: A Better Life Experience (CAPABLE) session in southeast Michigan. Classes start in July in Dearborn Heights, tailored to female adult cancer patients and at-risk community members. Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Ph.D., MPH, epidemiologist, leader of the  Population Studies and Disparities Research Program , scientific director of the  Epidemiology Research Core  at Karmanos, and principal...