The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s fourth annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Night with the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official health care system of the Tigers, was a home run on Monday, July 8. Hundreds of prostate cancer survivors and their loved ones were brought together under the lights of Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers beat their division rival, the Cleveland Guardians. This awareness game also provided crucial information on early detection, highlighted the importanc...
The Annual Pink Out the Park, a partnership between the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official health care system of the Detroit Tigers, was a massive hit on Saturday, June 8. A sea of pink took up the field of vision at Comerica Park as the Tigers faced the Milwaukee Brewers in the second game of a three-game series. Hundreds of breast cancer survivors were honored before and during the game by players and the Tiger faithful. For the 12 th year,...
“I told him to have all his patients sign the bat after completing radiation to show hope from one survivor to the next.” Patient-centered care plays an essential role in anyone’s cancer journey. Individuals travel from all over the country to receive the specialized care offered at Karmanos Cancer Institute. One 66-year-old Whitehouse, Ohio resident lives miles from the newest state-of-the-art cancer care campus that provides outstanding patient-centered care and delivers new life-changing cancer thera...