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To offer hope and longer life to patients with all types of cancer, Karmanos offers the latest types of therapy through our clinical trials program. Through clinical trials, we are creating new knowledge about how therapies fight cancer and provide national leadership in testing these new therapies.
We understand that cancer is a complex disease that demands complex care. We provide each patient with a dynamic, carefully constructed treatment plan focused on their specific cancer and their unique needs.
We listen to you to design a plan that provides you with respect, compassionate care and is responsive to your emotional and practical concerns.
Detroit Free Press
A Karmanos lung cancer survivor who smoked for over 30 years shares his journey of diagnosis and treatment with the Detroit Free Press. David Sternberg, M.D., cardiothoracic surgeon and member of the Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at Karmanos, treated the survivor and explained why finding the disease early is important. Hirva Mamdani, M.D., medical oncologist, leader of the Thoracic Oncology MDT and the director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, also comments on the importance of spreading awareness about lung cancer screening and some of the social stigmas that may prevent people from getting a lung cancer screening.
Read the article here.
Photo courtesy of Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press