There was something in the corner of Jerry Melendez’s eye, in the tear duct. He thought it was a stye or a cyst. “The eye doctor gave me steroids,” Jerry said. “He also sent me to a plastic surgeon for a biopsy, be he said he expected that to come back benign.” The growth in Jerry’s eye was not benign. It was cancer, and Jerry was floored. “I got the call on July 5, 2024, and it felt like the floor caved in,” Jerry said. “I looked at my wife and she started crying, and that made me cry.” Jerry’s surgeon...
WNEM TV5 Orimisan Samuel Adekolujo, M.D. , hematology and medical oncologist at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint , and member of the Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , explains factors that may contribute to a 40 percent death rate among Black women with breast cancer. Watch the story here .