More than 300 champions supported this year's Karmanos Cancer Institute's 24th Annual Partners Night at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac. Nearly $500,000 was raised to support cancer research at Karmanos. Karmanos Cancer Institute's Partners Committee has worked tirelessly to raise awareness and philanthropic dollars to support the cancer research program at Karmanos through The Partners Events, raising more than $16 million in the past 24 years to benefit cancer patients in Michigan and across the globe.