The gifts, to the Henry Ford Health System and the William Beaumont Hospitals, will create the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford and the Vattikuti Cancer Institute at Beaumont. In order to maximize the impact of the gifts, the institutions will coordinate their research efforts. We are challenging these two institutions to achieve new clinical knowledge through research, new treatment methods and expanded awareness and education, with the hope of preventing prostate and breast cancers.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death, in women.
Cancer of the prostate is the number one cancer diagnosed among men in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, about 182,800 new cases of breast cancer and close to 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year.