An Echocardiogram (or cardiac ultrasound) is an ultrasound of the heart used to measures blood flow through the heart, heart valve structure, and heart wall function.
Karmanos Cancer Institute in Michigan offers innovative surgical options for many different types of cancer. Surgery for the treatment of cancer is just one approach to fighting the disease.
FOX 2 David Sternberg, M.D. , cardiothoracic surgeon and member of the Thoracic Oncology and the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos, talks about many topics pertaining to lung health and lung cancer risk, including vaping, marijuana, cigarette smoking, radon gas and who should be screened for lung cancer. Lung Cancer Screening Program at Karmanos Learn more about lung cancer screening in Detroit and Farmington Hills. Request a screening
McLaren Oakland, the 318-bed hospital in Pontiac serving all of Oakland County, has added to its growing list of services by being among the first in the United States to offer advanced technology to diagnose lung cancer. In a minimally invasive procedure, the Monarch Platform can view into the lungs deeper than previous procedures, allowing for the biopsy of smaller, harder-to-reach nodules in this peripheral tissue, resulting in earlier and more accurate lung cancer diagnosis. The technology recently ...