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The Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at Wayne State University’s (WSU) School of Medicine annually recognizes faculty who have made outstanding contributions in 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 significant contributions to education and more. Others received promotions and tenure at Wayne State. School...
As it’s known that lung cancer can be a secondary cancer following a head and neck cancer, multiple oncologists and researchers at Karmanos contributed to a study that takes a look at the risk level among African American patients compared to White patients. Their study titled, “African American race as a risk factor associated with a second primary lung cancer after initial primary head and neck cancer,” will be published in Head & Neck. The contributing Karmanos specialists and researchers are: Am...
JAMA Oncology In 2021, Congress began considering a bill that would cover dental and oral health services for Medicare customers. At the same time, John Cramer, M.D. , surgical oncologist and member of the Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at Karmanos Cancer Institute, along with his colleagues, began looking into the impact the coverage would have when it comes to early detection of oral cancer. Read the full article in JAMA Oncology here .