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The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, headquartered in Detroit, is proud to offer the Leksell Gamma Knife® Icon™, the most precise stereotactic radiosurgery system (SRS) currently available. This innovative technology is available at the Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Learn about how radiation therapy is used at Karmanos Cancer Institute to target and treat cancer.
Karmanos Cancer Institute offers the Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator, a state-of-the-art image-guided cancer radiation therapy technology.
"These events really open your eyes to the guidelines, screenings, and understanding what a cancer hospital, like Karmanos Cancer Institute, provides.” Josephine Roach is a dedicated advocate and member of the Karmanos Cancer Advocacy Program (KCAP) at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute . You might say advocating is in her blood. She’s also a dedicated volunteer with Susan G. Komen® Michigan Race for the Cure. Nine years ago, when she began working with the Komen organization, she had no connecti...
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute ’s 11th Annual Pink Out the Park event with the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official health care system of the Tigers, was a home run in Motor City. As the Tigers battled against the Seattle Mariners on Friday, May 12, 2023, hundreds of breast cancer survivors and their loved ones filled the stands at Comerica Park, decorated in pink to promote breast cancer awareness and support. “It is gratifying to see so much support from the community of sur...
Have you ever wondered how radiation therapy works? Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute experts educated the community during a Community Conversations on Cancer three-part series titled “The Good, the Bad and the Rad in Radiotherapy.” Presenters explained how radiation therapy treats cancer from a physics, biological and clinical perspective. Presented by Karmanos’ Office of Health Equity and Community Engagement (OCHECE), the conversations were moderated by two community members who have been touche...
Michael Dominello, D.O. talks about the benefits of Karmanos' new Leskell gamma knife machine
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