The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University will host the Sixth Annual Lymphoma Symposium on Saturday, Aug. 3. This year’s symposium will feature lymphoma specialists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute, Columbia University, and more, in addition to Karmanos experts. “As program director, I look forward to hosting the annual symposium each year,” said Dipenkumar Modi, M.D. , hematologist, medical oncologist, and member of the Bone Marrow an...
By the end of this story, you’ll probably conclude that Bob Busch is a champ who runs with Champ. But first, he had to face an unexpected reality and find unimaginable strength before he found his new hobby. Busch, 37, from Beverly Hills, Michigan, is a loving, caring, and supportive husband and father to his wife, Caitlin, and their three children, all under 10. In the Spring of 2021, the night of Busch’s 35 th birthday, he was doing what most parents do – getting his kids ready for bed. As they brushe...
Patient Power Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that causes B-cells to oddly grow and reproduce. Jay Yang, M.D. , hematologist, medical oncologist, and leader of the Hematology Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at Karmanos, explains where FL may cause enlarged lymph nodes and how uncommon the disease is in the U.S. compared to other cancers. Read the article here .