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Did you know that October is not only Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but it is also Liver Cancer Awareness Month? Though pink is the prevalent color when spreading breast cancer awareness, emerald green signifies liver cancer . Worldwide, this disease is a leading cause of cancer deaths. Diagnoses of liver cancer have tripled, and death rates have doubled since 1980. The liver is one of the five organs that we cannot live without, aside from the brain, heart, kidney and lungs. So, it’s important to do w...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute welcomes Hassan Nasser, M.D. , an otolaryngologist and surgical oncologist who specializes in head and neck cancers. Dr. Nasser is part of the Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at Karmanos and is now accepting new patients at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit and Karmanos Cancer Institute – Roseville . He joined Karmanos on May 1, 2024. “One of the qualities that drove me toward the Head and Neck MDT and Karmanos is the team that has develo...

Alexis Wilson, fifth-year doctoral student in the Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Cancer Biology Graduate Program, received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the eighth International Bone Marrow Adiposity Conference, held Sept. 24-26 in Montreal. The title of her presentation was “Tumor adaptive response to adipocyte-induced stress in bone metastatic niche: the functional interplay between Stearoyl -CoA desaturase and ATF4.” “I was v...

Lauren Hamel, Ph.D., co-leader of the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, has been appointed a visiting innovation faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) at the University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center. This role complements her current position as an associate professor of oncology at the Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine. Founded at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylv...

The best way to catch breast cancer early is to receive an annual mammogram once you turn 40. Some women will receive mammograms before that age due to their risk of developing breast cancer, especially if they have a first-degree relative diagnosed with breast cancer. However, there are other risk factors you should know about when it comes to breast cancer awareness. Some of those are: A personal history of benign, also known as non-cancerous, breast disease. Inherited changes in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 g...

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at Wayne State University’s (WSU) School of Medicine held its 2024 School of Medicine Faculty Awards and Promotion and Tenure Ceremony on Sept. 26. This is an annual recognition of faculty who have made outstanding contributions to teaching, mentoring, research, and leadership. This year, several Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute faculty, researchers and medical staff at the Karmanos Cancer Center received these awards, highlighting their si...

The Metro Detroit United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association continues to support the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute patients. Libbi Fletcher and George Bresinski, representatives of the Metro Detroit USBC, visited Karmanos on May 28, 2024, to drop off a check for $17,774. The organization’s donation will support the Walt Breast Center Underinsured Patient Assistance Fund. Throughout the year, the Metro Detroit USBC collects donations to go toward their efforts. They also host the annual B...

Nerissa T. Viola, Ph.D., leader of the  Molecular Imaging Research Program  at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and associate professor at Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine, has won the 2024 Drs. Anthony and Joyce Danielski Kales Endowment Faculty Award for Innovative Cancer Research. Dr. Viola received this award for her role as the principal investigator in a collaborative preclinical study that succeeded in finding a way to potentially suppress tumor growth for prosta...

Hour Detroit’s 2024 Top Docs List  is out; over 50 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 Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties nominate the best doctors in each field. This year’s list also includes a feature with Elisabeth...

WDIV Evita Singh, M.D. , diagnostic radiologist, director of Breast Imaging, and member of the  Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team  at Karmanos, spoke with WDIV’s Dr. Frank McGeorge about breast cancer screening, including mammography and adjunct screening tools. She also explained how patients learn about their breast density and how health risk assessments are conducted at Karmanos. Watch the interview here .