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Ina Levinson has been a family caregiver for her husband and cancer thriver, Jeff Levinson, and her elderly parents. Her husband was diagnosed 18 years ago with plasmacytoma and later with multiple myeloma. He continues to receive treatment under the care of Jeffrey Zonder, M.D. , hematologist, leader of the Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), and member of the Hematology Oncology MDT at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. Levinson sees Dr. Zonder at Karmanos’ Weisberg ...

The spirit of hope and support was palpable at the 13 th Annual Pink Out the Park, during the Strike Out Cancer Weekend. The decade-long partnership between the Detroit Tigers, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care welcomed thousands of fans, mostly sporting pink, in honor and celebration of the hundreds of attendees who have been affected by breast cancer. On Air with Tigers Radio “Check your boobs. Get a mammogram. I have cancer.” That simple but powerful message from a fri...

Suffering with a bloated, swollen stomach and irregularity, Elaine Bazydlo visited a surgeon who recommended removing her gallbladder. Elaine told her primary care doctor she wanted a second opinion. “I had a trip to France with my daughter scheduled for the summer,” Elaine said. “I did not want complications from surgery interfering with my trip.” However, further testing revealed the possibility of something far more serious going on with Elaine’s health. Scans revealed fluid in her abdomen, and a bio...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute held its first All Cancer Game, part of Strike Out Cancer Weekend, on Friday, May 23, 2025, at Comerica Park in collaboration with McLaren Health Care and the Detroit Tigers. The current leading team in the American League played its division rival, the Cleveland Guardians, during an evening commemorated as the All Cancer Game, where thousands gathered to support the fight against cancer. Cancer survivors who were patients at various Karmanos locations throughou...

  Within a year, Patrick Yambrick’s prostate-specific antigen (PSA) number more than doubled.  That number can be an indicator of possible cancer. His doctor immediately referred Patrick to Radiation Oncologist Dr. Hesham Gayar . “My mother, my sister, and my mother’s five brothers all died of cancer,” Patrick said. “I am 81 and have been blessed with good health, so I said, ‘Let’s go to the doctor and get it done.’” Instead of having traditional photon, or x-ray, radiation, Dr. Gayar, who is ...

WXYT 97.1 FM The Ticket “Get a mammogram.” That simple but powerful message from a friend’s Facebook post felt like a sign for Lisa Priestap. She had noticed a lump in her breast, and at 45, decided it was time to schedule her very first mammogram. That decision changed everything. Not long after, she was called back for diagnostic imaging, and in January 2022, Priestap was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer. She told her story on WXYT 97.1 FM’s The Ticket ahead of this year’s Pink Out the Par...

WXYT 97.1 FM The Ticket Edward Smith, a 13-year follicular lymphoma survivor, joined the Detroit Tigers Radio Network on WXYT 97.1 FM’s The Ticket just ahead of the first All Cancer Game during the Strike Out Cancer Weekend with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, McLaren Health Care and the Detroit Tigers. Smith became concerned when his lymph nodes were severely swollen underneath his jaw. After being misdiagnosed and undergoing surgery that found cancer wrapped around his blood vessels, his he...

FOX 2 With the recent announcement of former President Joe Biden’s metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis, Boris Pasche, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, president and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, joined FOX 2 to discuss the prognosis of cancer that has spread to the bones, treatment and screening options. Watch the interview here . Learn more about prostate cancer and screening here .

Many people affected by cancer attended a free educational event on April 8, 2025, at Detroit's Third New Hope Baptist Church, hosted by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute 's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE). The event, Beyond the Diagnosis: Cancer and Disability Benefits, was held in partnership with the church and the Detroit Community Care Network (DCCN) and featured speakers from Wayne State University’s (WSU) Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) clinic. The program c...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute ’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) is partnering with the Detroit Library to present the 2025 Community Conversations on Cancer series. The community is invited to learn from cancer researchers and physician scientists as they provide the latest updates in cancer care and leading-edge research discoveries at Karmanos. The first session, titled The Next Breakthrough in Cancer: Treatment with Radiofrequencies , will be presented by Boris Pasche, ...