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Hour Detroit’s 2025 Top Docs List  is out; over 80 physicians from the  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute  are listed. This year’s magazine also features a Karmanos physician on the cover. Each year, Hour Detroit Magazine puts out an online peer-to-peer review survey conducted by Professional Research Services (PRS) to determine the top physicians in southeastern Michigan. Participating physicians in Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties nominate the best doctors ...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , cancer centers, and other organizations nationwide recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer affects more women each year than any other cancer, making up about 30% of cancer diagnoses among females each year. Breast Cancer Facts and Figures There are more than 4 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. The relative five-year survival rate is 91%. Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast can...

Many myths surround clinical trials and their potential risks and benefits. Below, I answer some common questions to combat myths with facts to help illustrate the importance and potential benefits for patients considering participating in cancer clinical trials. What are clinical trials? Clinical trials are research studies that involve humans who volunteer to evaluate new treatments, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, behavioral interventions, or screenings. They are the best approach to discovering wh...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute invites the community to the fourth annual Screening Saves Lives: Cancer Screening and Educational Event . It takes place on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Karmanos Cancer Center at 4100 John R. in Detroit. Karmanos will provide breast cancer screenings, including mammograms, colorectal screening consultations, free head and neck examinations, skin cancer screenings, and wellness checks. “Each year, we see hundreds of people at the event, w...

Hour Detroit A Karmanos Cancer Institute nurse is named a finalist for the 2025 Hour Detroit Nurse of the Year Award. Sheryl Smolarek, BSN, RN, OCN, is the supervisor and clinical leader of the hematology and bone marrow transplant infusion center, known as the Dresner Infusion Center. In her nomination, Smolarek’s manager said that she, “is more than a leader to staff and more than just a supportive nurse to patients. She is well-respected for her knowledge and expertise in oncology nursing, specifical...

DBusiness The third annual Classic Cars for the Cure event, benefiting cancer research at Karmanos, was hosted on Sept. 20 at a private garage in Clawson featuring 25 rare classic and concept cars from the collections of local car aficionados. The night featured a strolling supper designed by Forte Belanger, live ‘50s and ‘60s music by Stella and her band Intrigue, a performance along with dance and swing lessons from the Oakland University Dance Team, and dessert served in a 1950s diner. View pict...

Caffeinated Conversations Deborah Savoie, Karmanos Cancer Institute board member, recently joined the Caffeinated Conversations with Brooke Allen podcast to talk more about Karmanos’ Classic Cars for the Cure 2025. The event, held on Sept. 20, 2025, will benefit cancer research at Karmanos, and will feature classic and concept vehicles rarely seen today from local collectors. Listen to the podcast here .

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute welcomes Bradley Rockwell, M.D. , transplant hematologist. Dr. Rockwell is a member of the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant , Hematology Oncology and Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos. He specializes in bone marrow transplants and treating leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodysplasia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He began seeing patients at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit in July 2025. "I am joining such an incre...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute names Kathleen Fedoronko, MSN, RN, OCN, as the new chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services at Karmanos Cancer Hospital. Fedoronko brings over 25 years of ambulatory and acute health care leadership, 20 of those years at Karmanos. She assumed the position in June after Kathleen Carolin, RN, BSN, MSA, the former CNO, retired. “I’ve dedicated my career to oncology nursing, and it's been my goal to continue leading excellent nurses at one o...

Healthline Though it's known that smoking can cause cancer, and not just lung cancer, researchers have published a new study revealing chemicals from cigarette smoke that “reprogram the immune system” and assist in tumor growth. Asfar Azmi, Ph.D., scientist, director of the Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative and member of the Molecular Therapeutics Research Program at Karmanos, and Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS , medical oncologist and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multid...