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Michael L. Cher, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. The Dr. Donald J. and Dorothy Jaffar Endowed Professor of Urology.
Director of Urologic Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Chief of Urology, The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Clinical Interests: Minimally Invasive Approaches to Cancer Treatment. I am particularly interested in minimally invasive treatments for prostate cancer and kidney cancer. For prostate cancer, these approaches include robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, targeted cryoablation of the prostate, focal cryoablation of the prostate, and radioactive seed implantation to the prostate (brachytherapy). For kidney cancer, these approaches include laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, and laparoscopic cryoablation of renal tumors. All of these approaches offer cancer destruction/removal, quick recovery, limited damage to normal tissues, and few side effects.
Urologic Oncology. I also specialize in all other aspects of urologic oncology including cancer of the adrenal gland, kidney cancer, ureteral cancer, bladder cancer, urethral cancer, testis cancer, and penile cancer. My goal is to provide individualized cancer treatments to all patients. In making treatment decisions, it is important to take into account not only the disease stage and tumor grade, but also many other factors such as overall patient health and the particular advantages and disadvantages of various treatment options and procedures. I strive to offer all of the available state-of-the-art treatment options for the various cancers and feel it is critical to involve the patient in the decision-making process.
Multi-Disciplinary Urologic Oncology. Through my work in The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, I also provide patients with the ability to participate in newly developed, multi-disciplinary treatment plans. This team approach often involves several different types of cancer specialists and combinations of different treatments when appropriate. We work very closely with Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Pathologists, and Radiologists from the Karmanos Cancer Institute to develop these multi-disciplinary plans.
Special Research Interests. We have a well-funded active basic science research program in the biology of prostate cancer metastasis. Our laboratory is actively involved in determining the biological factors responsible for prostate cancer metastasis to bone marrow because the bone marrow is the most common location for distant spread of prostate cancer. We developed a new experimental model called "SCID-human model of human prostate cancer metastasis to human bone." This animal model has allowed us to investigate many of the biological factors involved in human prostate cancer cells interacting with the human bone microenvironment. In collaboration with other researchers at Wayne State University School of Medicine and The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, we have now published over 30 papers in this area of research. Many of our findings have become the basis for clinical trials in patients.
Medical Training and Education
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA: B.S. in Chemistry, 1982
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO: M.D., 1986
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 1986-88: General Surgery Internship/Residency.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 1988-92: Urology Residency.
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 1992-1995: Urologic Oncology Fellowship.
Full Curriculum Vitae.
Clinical Office Address:
Detroit-Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center
4100 John R
Detroit, MI 48101
Phone: (800) KARMANO (527-6266)
Fax: 313-966-8207
Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center
31995 Northwestern Hwy
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: (800) KARMANO (527-6266)
Fax: (248) 538-6545
Academic Address
Department of Urology
4201 St Antoine - 7C UHC
Detroit, MI 48201
Telephone: (313) 577-5222
Fax: (313) 577-5217
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