Ann G. Schwartz, Ph.D. Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute MONROE, MI – Two hospital systems and one comprehensive cancer center are joining forces to bring world-renowned cancer services to Monroe, Michigan. Mercy Memorial Hospital System of Monroe (MMHS), ProMedica Health System of Toledo, and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit have announced a joint venture agreement which will bring innovative, state-of-the-science cancer care to Monroe and the surrounding communities. Each of the health institutions will be equal partners in the joint venture. The agreement, forming the company Monroe Cancer Center, LLC, was recently approved by each organization’s executive leadership. A groundbreaking for the new cancer center is expected to take place by early 2010. The official name of the new center has not yet been determined. Read the rest of this entry »

DETROIT, MI – On Sept. 2, Dany Mercado of Kitchener, Ontario, along with family and friends, returned to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, in Detroit, where he had received a successful bone marrow transplant a year-and-a-half earlier. The gathering was not a follow-up doctor’s appointment. It was the first time Mercado, age 26, met his hero – Wesley Hamilton, M.D., age 30, of Abilene, Texas – Mercado’s bone marrow donor. The special meeting was coordinated by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center and the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).

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LITTLE ROCK – Guests are invited to party like a rock star at a new event benefiting Arkansas cancer patients.

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LITTLE ROCK – Mauricio Moreno, M.D., a surgeon specializing in cancer and other conditions of the head and neck, has joined the staff of the Head and Neck Oncology Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

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LITTLE ROCK – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has been awarded $2.3 million in three grants to further groundbreaking developments in the prevention of lethal cancer metastasis and take his team’s findings to the first clinical trial of its kind.

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LITTLE ROCK – The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer free prostate cancer screenings from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 18.

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Atlanta — The Emory Winship Cancer Institute recently made a visible impact at the largest lung cancer meeting in the world — the 13^th World Conference on Lung Cancer, which was held in July in San Francisco.  In addition to scientific presentations on new therapies for lung cancer, seven Emory physician-scientists also served as session chairs, discussants for key presentations and also served on various program committees.

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LITTLE ROCK – Survivors of ovarian and other gynecological cancers will be celebrated during a day-long retreat at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
 
Scheduled for 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 26, “Shout About the Disease that Whispers” will promote complementary and conventional approaches in the care of women with gynecological cancers. The retreat is hosted by the Just Among Women support group and is open to women with ovarian and other gynecological cancers and their support persons.
 
Cost to attend is $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Advance registration is encouraged by Sept. 18 by calling the Cancer Institute’s Clinical Oncology Social Work Department at (501) 686-8145.

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After recently touring the Phase I unit at the Karmanos Cancer Center, representatives from The Kroger Co. wanted to show appreciation to the patients. A basket of Kroger bakery cookies was sent to the patients of the Phase I unit, which were then hand delivered by the Junior Volunteers at Karmanos. Kroger plans to continue providing treats for the Phase I unit in months to come. Read the rest of this entry »