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Steve Thomashefski got prostate cancer screenings regularly for years, then one day, his doctor surprised him. “My doctor said there was a chance I could have cancer,’” Steve said. “My PSA (prostate specific antigen) number jumped significantly in two years.” Further testing revealed Steve did, in fact, have prostate cancer, and his treatment options were somewhat limited. “The oncologist said because of my age, and because the cancer was on the outside of the prostate, surgery was not an option,” Steve...

Parade Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., MPH, internist, pediatrician, and associate director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Karmanos, explained one popular habit that all adults need to quit by the time they reach 50 years old. She pointed to data that outlines how quitting this habit can reduce patients’ chances of developing certain types of cancer. Read the article here .

Parade Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., MPH, internist, pediatrician, and associate director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Karmanos, shared this one specific habit to do after you eat dinner, which is known to help reduce the risk of developing cancer. This habit is also known to reduce the risk of other health issues. Read the article here .

CancerNetwork Tarik Hadid, M.D., MPH, MS, FACP , medical oncologist and member of the Phase I Clinical Trials and Thoracic Oncology  Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos, joined the CancerNetwork Satellite Sessions program to discuss the best first-line treatment options for non-small cell lung cancer. The group of oncologists discussed MARIPOSA trials and findings, FLAURA and FLAURA2, helping patients decide on a treatment, how metastasis factors into treatment, and ctDNA analysis and additional te...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute has been named one of America’s 2025 Best Hospitals for Cancer Care, Mammogram Imaging, Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Patient Experience by the Women’s Choice Award ® , America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care. This is the 12 th consecutive year Karmanos has been recognized by the Women’s Choice Award® since the inception of the national list. “It is an honor to be awarded the Women’s Choice Award. This recognition reflects the except...

From a young age, music has been a big part of Sierra Watson’s life. In seventh grade, she started playing the bassoon. It became a passion of hers, and she decided to make it a career path, studying music for her higher education degree. “I am now a doctoral student at Michigan State University [MSU] and a member of the MSU Bassoon Studio,” said Watson. “After high school, I decided to go to college to focus on music and got my bachelor’s degree and then I came to MSU for the master’s program and loved...

MedPage Today Dipesh Uprety, M.D., FACP , medical oncologist, member of the  Phase I Clinical Trials  and  Thoracic Oncology  Multidisciplinary Teams, and member of the  Molecular Therapeutics Research Program  at Karmanos, was the lead investigator on a study titled, “Racial and socioeconomic disparities in survival among patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer,” published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Uprety explained to MedPage Today so...

WDET 101.9 FM The Surgeon General released the Alcohol and Cancer Risk advisory at the beginning of January and suggests the link needs to be included on alcohol bottles. Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS , medical oncologist and co-leader of the  Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team  at Karmanos, joined WDET’s The Metro to discuss the proposed label. Dr. Al Hallak explained that alcohol causes around 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths a year and how he think...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute welcomes José Larios, M.D. , transplant hematologist. Dr. Larios is a member of the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant and Hematology Oncology Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos. He specializes in treating leukemia and lymphoma blood cancers, including Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. He began seeing patients at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit in August 2024. "Karmanos Cancer Institute is an NCI (National Cancer Institute)-Designated Comprehensive Can...

“You never know the power of the words ‘My name is Lisa, and I’ll be your nurse today.’” Lisa Zajac, now the Director of Clinical Informatics for McLaren Health Care had earlier in her career served as a bedside nurse on the bone marrow transplant unit at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, which at the time cared for pediatric patients. It was there she first met the Jackson family. Nearly 23 years later, the bond created at their first meeting was strengthened through the immediate emotional journey...