The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, a Comprehensive Cancer Center and affiliated with Wayne State University, announced that it will buy land and buildings from the Detroit Medical Center over the next seven years to create a modern, streamlined cancer program in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood and at a DMC-owned Farmington Hills site. Dr. John Ruckdeschel, president and chief executive officer at Karmanos, said the changes mean that Karmanos "goes from being a DMC subsidiary to DMC's full and equal partner."