Health & Fitness

RETIREMENT LIVING

RESEARCH

Cancer Battlers

Eisenberg Challenge helps Karmanos
Partners raise research dollars.

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artners, a group of young
volunteers dedicated to sup-
porting the Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute, has raised
more than $2.1 million for cancer
research through its annual golf clas-
sic at Franklin Hills Country Club
and subsequent evening event at the
Detroit Institute of Arts.
This year's fundraising total is a
record. Since its inception 16 years
ago, Partners has raised nearly $11
million for Detroit-based Karmanos.
With the assistance of individual
donors, Partners also met a $1 mil-
lion challenge, presented by this
year's Partners honorees Frances and
Kenneth Eisenberg.
Eisenberg is chairman and CEO
of Kenwal Steel Corp. in Dearborn
and serves on the Karmanos Cancer
Center board of directors.
Contributions to the special chal-
lenge support the relocation and
expansion of Karmanos' Phase I
Clinical Trials Program, run by
Patricia LoRusso, D.O., director of the
newly renamed Eisenberg Center for
Experimental Therapeutics.
"While our patients who take part
in these critical trials are the real
heroes:' said LoRusso, "our donors
truly promote our cause of one day
bringing cancer under complete
control. We recognize the need to
work together, not only within our
own team at the center, but also with
those outside of the hospital setting.
This donation will provide additional
resources that will hopefully get us
closer to a cancer curer
Approximately $750,000 is dedi-
cated for the creation of a laboratory
that will be run by Gerold Bepler,
M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of
Karmanos. Funds also will be used for
the purchase of the newest laboratory
equipment, which allows Bepler and
his research colleagues to study cancer
at the molecular level.
During the Partners Evening event,
the Eisenbergs' grandson, Noah, per-
formed and dedicated The Happy Song
to all Karmanos patients.
"Cancer touches everyone," said
Kenneth Eisenberg."For that reason, it is
personally fulfilling to provide sustained
support for Karmanos, where exciting
research holds the promise of stop-

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