The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute offers many programs to provide the most-current information available on cancer prevention and treatment for both the lay person and the health care professional. My Answer to Cancer is a free membership program geared toward each individual and his or her specific risks or interests. The Cancer Information Service is a program of the National Cancer Institute. Professional education is provided through the Institute's graduate degree programs, residencies, fellowships, continued medical education classes, and ongoing teleconferences and videoconferences with health care professionals throughout the country.
Public education occurs daily throughout southeastern Michigan.
Institute staff and volunteers visit businesses, churches, schools, shopping malls, health care forums and virtually any venue conducive to informing individuals on ways to prevent cancer and its warning signs, and the very latest in screening, diagnostics, treatment and followup care.