Chemotherapy is the use of one or more specialized anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells.
Cryoablation, also referred to as cryotherapy, is a minimally invasive procedure that uses extremely cold temperatures to destroy cancer.
Hour Detroit’s 2023 Top Docs List is out; over 30 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 Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston Counties nominate the best doctors in each field. This year’s list also includes a feature with George Yo...
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Institute’s third annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Night with the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official healthcare system of the Tigers, united hundreds of prostate cancer survivors and their loved ones from near and far. Cheering on the Detroit Tigers as they competed against the Kansas City Royals on June 20, 2023, Comerica Park was decorated with a blue theme, and fans raised blue Tigers foam fingers to promote prostate cancer awareness and support. “In prostat...
Michael Cher, M.D. , urologic oncologist, member of the Genitourinary Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and chair of the Wayne State University Department of Urology, co-authored a study outlining the results of a bladder cancer clinical trial recently published in the new journal, NEJM Evidence. ”IL-15 Superagonist NAI in BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer,” focused on a new treatment option that could effectively treat patients with non–muscle-in...