Read about osteosarcoma diagnosis stories and the latest in osteosarcoma research.
A closer look at Dr. VanHeyst’s osteosarcoma study The current standard treatment for osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, hasn’t changed much in decades. The chemotherapy that osteosarcoma patients receive is harsh, and the side effects are only magnified in children. Osteosarcoma […]
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Dr. Patrick Grohar receives Fight Osteosarcoma Together Super Grant to address critical, unmet need in pediatric osteosarcoma treatment Bethesda, Md. – June 6, 2023 – CureSearch for Children’s Cancer announced today a three-year, $1.5 million grant to Patrick Grohar, MD, PhD, of Children’s Hospital
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Dr. Kristen VanHeyst of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s receives Young Investigator award Bethesda, Md. – May 8, 2023 – CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, a national nonprofit on a mission to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative
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(loveyourmelon.com) – Ashleigh was just 19 years old when she was diagnosed with stage four osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer. Battling an extremely aggressive cancer, Ashleigh and her family would spend days at the hospital hoping for the
8 Years Old at Diagnosis. Nicole Ver Kuilen, 26, has always been on the move. A lifelong athlete, she hasn’t let the setbacks of childhood cancer and a leg amputation stop her from living an active lifestyle. And today, she
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For young cancer patients with rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma, 5-year survival rates are between 20-40%. That’s a statistic that no parent should ever have to hear, and it’s one of the many reasons why CureSearch is on a mission
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CureSearch for Children’s Cancer awarded a total of $1.26M to a leading pediatric cancer researcher for the Acceleration Initiative 3 Grand Challenge Award. Selected from 33 competitive applicants from the US and Canada, the winning research proposal will address critical challenges in pediatric cancer treatments and accelerate the discovery of clinical biomarkers to be used to inform diagnosis and treatment.
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During his last season playing baseball at Fostoria High School this spring, pitcher Dugan Smith started seven games. He lost six, but the one winner was a one-hitter. He also led the northwestern Ohio school’s Redmen in strikeouts, with 39.
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3 Years Old at Diagnosis In the late fall of 1990, 3-year-old Tony Quinn and his idolized older brother Jared were wrestling when Tony bumped his left ankle on a coffee table. The bump and bruise seemed a typical side
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13 Years Old at Diagnosis Yasmine began experiencing pain in her left leg in May of 2014. In August of 2014, after hurting the leg in a fall, the swelling was so extreme she went to the emergency room. At
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