Hour Detroit’s 2024 Top Docs List is out; over 50 physicians from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute are listed. Each year, Hour Detroit Magazine puts out an online peer-to-peer review survey conducted by Professional Research Services (PRS) to determine the top physicians in southeastern Michigan. Participating physicians in Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties nominate the best doctors in each field. This year’s list also includes a feature with Elisabeth...
Only life-long smokers are at risk for lung cancer, right? Wrong. This is just one of the common misconceptions surrounding the second most common type of cancer. Not only is it common, it’s deadly; lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Every year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Hirva Mamdani, M.D. , director of the Lung Screening Program and thoracic medical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, said,...