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WDIV Local 4’s Rhonda Walker challenged women who were overdue for their mammogram to make their appointment. She participated in her own challenge and scheduled her mammogram, speaking with Celeste Titus, patient navigator and representative of the screening and prevention team at Karmanos. When she came in for her appointment, Kylee Slusarczyk, mammography technician, explained the process of getting a mammogram at Karmanos. Rhonda also sat down with Kamila Skalski, M.D., radiologist and member of the...

With less than 60 days in her new job, Lisa Whitmore Davis found herself in the emergency room. It was a medical mystery. At the time, she was a 57-year-old healthy woman living her life full of travel, fun and family. But that time was unexpectedly interrupted when, in August 2023, she began experiencing severe chest pain and struggled to breathe. While having trouble breathing on the phone, her daughter, Allantѐ, suggested that Whitmore Davis go straight to urgent care. When she arrived, the staff rec...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University present the annual Head and Neck Cancer Symposium on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Detroit Marriott Troy (200 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan). This year’s symposium features two guest speakers. Robert Haddad, M.D. , professor of Medicine, chief of the Division of Head and Neck Oncology, McGraw Chair in Head and Neck Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, will deli...

WWJ Eric Brown, M.D., FACS , breast surgeon and co-leader of the  Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team at Karmanos, explained stage 0 breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). He explains the difference between DCIS and invasive cancer by comparing both to a neighborhood with houses that have roofs caved in. Listen to the interview here .

WWJ After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, things may seem chaotic. Paige Aiello, M.D. , breast surgeon and member of the  Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team  at Karmanos, joined WWJ to discuss how to navigate the journey, how Karmanos has dedicated staff to help, the process of getting a second opinion, and the clinical trials that patients can learn about at Karmanos. Listen here .

"If someone comes to Karmanos first and then goes to get a second opinion, they’re going to come back to Karmanos." Terrell Thomas has always been a positive person. ‘Extraordinarily positive’ by his own declaration. Thomas’s positive outlook early on carried him through law school and practice. He became a fitness instructor after losing more than 100 pounds. However, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had to undergo treatment in early 2022. Thomas’s diagnosis came as a surprise, but not necessa...

FOX 2 October is also Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS , medical oncologist and co-leader of the  Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team  at Karmanos, joined the FOX 2 Detroit Live show to explain liver cancer signs and symptoms and treatment options, including the TheraBoinic P1 device. Watch the interview here .

Leslie Cameron Devereaux was born on Oct. 2, 1942, to Adelyn Brockway and Richard (Dick) C. Devereaux. She spent summers and winters at the family vacation home on the Au Sable River, where she first developed a deep love and appreciation of nature and wildlife. Devereaux attended Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan, and earned her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. As a graduation present, her parents sent Devereaux and a cousin to Europe, where she contracted...

Word in Black R&B singer and musician D’Angelo recently passed away after battling pancreatic cancer. Wasif Saif, M.D., MBBS , medical oncologist, co-leader of the  Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at Karmanos, explained why there is often a delay in diagnosing pancreatic cancer and who is most at risk for developing this disease. Read the article here .

WDIV Like many people during the pandemic, Nikoa Dean’s annual mammogram was canceled. It was when she felt a pain in her chest months later that led to the discovery of stage 0 breast cancer. Dean decided to have a double mastectomy. Instead of having implants, she chose to have a reconstructive surgery called deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap, which Mihaela-Elena Rapolti, M.D., MBA, FACS , specializes in. Dr. Rapolti is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a member of the Breast Canc...