Patient Stories - Clinical Trials

  • CrossFit® for Cancer Survivors: How the CAPABLE Study is Changing Lives, Like It Did for Bob

    Costello saw an invitation to join the CAPABLE program available in his area. He was focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle since his treatment and wasted no time signing up.


  • From Diagnosis to Documentary: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Inspirational Story Started with Blood Clots

    “Over the past 10 years, I have had all my mammograms at Karmanos. ‘I’m a Karmanos girl.’”


  • 'A Third Chance at Life': How a Growing Melanoma Led a West Michigan Woman to Karmanos for an Exclusive Clinical Trial

    “My husband and I talked about it and decided that even if it didn’t save me, if it could help someone else, I had to do it.”


  • Karmanos ovarian cancer survivor connects survivors nationwide

    This ovarian cancer survivor unexpectedly created a virtual network of survivors supporting each other on Instagram.


  • Her quest for clinical trial options led her to Karmanos

    Life-saving study: Clinical trial gives pancreatic cancer patient renewed hope


  • Salivary gland cancer patient finds hope, survival with participation in Karmanos clinical trial

    Baljinder Khuban, a resident of Strongsville, Ohio, was 35 when she was told she had non-curable cancer.


  • Lung cancer patient grateful for lifesaving clinical trial at Karmanos

    At 54, Ron Andrews was leading an active and healthy life when he received an unexpected diagnosis that would change his world.