Multiple Karmanos specialists find increased risk among African Americans developing lung cancer after head and neck cancer

As it’s known that lung cancer can be a secondary cancer following a head and neck cancer, multiple oncologists and researchers at Karmanos contributed to a study that takes a look at the risk level among African American patients compared to White patients. Their study titled, “African American race as a risk factor associated with a second primary lung cancer after initial primary head and neck cancer,” will be published in Head & Neck. The contributing Karmanos specialists and researchers are:

Ammar Sukari, M.D., leader of the Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team, Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Team and Molecular Therapeutics Research Program member

Seongho Kim, Ph.D., Molecular Therapeutics Research Program member

John Cramer, M.D., surgical oncologist, Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team member

Jeffrey Hotaling, M.D., FACS, surgical oncologist, Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team member

Syed Naweed Raza, M.D., FRCS(C), FACS, Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team and Population Studies and Disparities Research Program member

George Yoo, M.D., FACS, surgical oncologist, Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team member

Ho-Sheng Lin, M.D., surgical oncologist, Head and Neck Oncology Multidisciplinary Team and Molecular Therapeutics Research Program member

Read the full study here.