Chemotherapy is the use of one or more specialized anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells.
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , cancer centers, and other organizations nationwide recognize November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among women and men, not including skin cancer. For women, breast cancer is more common, while prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men. Lung Cancer Facts and Figures About 234,580 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in 2024. About 125,070 deaths will result from lung cancer in 2024. Lung cancer is t...
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at Wayne State University’s (WSU) School of Medicine held its 2024 School of Medicine Faculty Awards and Promotion and Tenure Ceremony on Sept. 26. This is an annual recognition of faculty who have made outstanding contributions to teaching, mentoring, research, and leadership. This year, several Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute faculty, researchers and medical staff at the Karmanos Cancer Center received these awards, highlighting their si...
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University will host the Second Annual Lung Cancer Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. The event includes presentations from leading experts in the field of thoracic oncology, including Nasser Hanna, M.D., from Indiana University; Saiama Waqar, M.D., MSCI, from Washington University; Jay Lee, M.D., from University of California Los Angeles; Jyoti Malhotra, M.D., MPH, from City of Hope; and Antoinette Wozniak, M.D., FACP, FASCO, from the Lung Ca...