IN THE NEWS – Elissa’s Journey: A Young Mom’s Relentless Battle for Life After Colorectal Cancer Hit

Detroit Free Press

As Elissa Robinson, a stage IV colorectal cancer patient, makes decisions on her care, she met with Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS, medical oncologist and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and Hussein Aoun, M.D., interventional radiologist and member of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology MDT at Karmanos. Robinson’s colorectal cancer had spread to her liver and ovaries. She shares her journey with the decisions she and her husband have had to make on treatments, ultimately leading her to try microwave ablation for a second time, but this time under Dr. Aoun’s care.

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Hussein Aoun, M.D.

Hussein Aoun, M.D.

Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS

Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS