A study conducted by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University researchers and physicians has found that patients who listened to music while undergoing chemotherapy experienced significant benefit to their mood and level of distress during treatment. The study, “Using Music as a Tool for Distress Reduction During Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment,” is published in the journal JCO Oncology Practice. “Music medicine is a low-touch, low-risk and cost-effective way to manage pa...
The 2023 list of Crain’s Notable Leaders in Behavioral Health contains two members of Karmanos’ Supportive Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT): Felicity W.K. Harper, Ph.D., and Mary Morreale, M.D. The publication announced the list on Monday, May 22. Dr. Harper is a clinical psychologist, professor of oncology at Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine, and associate center director of Population Sciences at Karmanos. She has dedicated her leadership, research and clinical practice to improvin...