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Request For Applications for Osteosarcoma Research Grant
Announcing a Request For Applications (RFA) for high-impact pediatric osteosarcoma translational research with a focus on moving quickly toward improvements in outcomes for patients. This RFA is to be administered by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, supported by the...
Oliver Feldman
Died 1/7/2019 Oliver Feldman was 16 when his right arm began hurting him. At first he thought it was due to a skiing trip with the scouts, nothing seemed to be broken and going to the chiropractor brought some relief. He had also been given the ok from the NP for his...
David Robbins
3/22/1999 - 11/30/2017 David Robbins passed away peacefully at his Rockville home on November 30, 2017. He is survived by his loving mother Christiane; his devoted sister Gabrielle ; as well as the love of his life Alicia O’Neil, his best friend Alex Le, and a caring...
Austin Cohen
In early 2014, the shocking news came that Austin had cancer. It was shocking that a young healthy athlete had cancer. The family was told, “thankfully there is a 30-year proven treatment plan and we no longer need to rely on amputation”. When the family came out on...
Austin Cohen
Austin Cohen
Austin Cohen In early 2014, the shocking news came that Austin had cancer. It was shocking that a young healthy athlete had cancer. The family was told, “thankfully there is a 30-year proven treatment plan and we no longer need to rely on amputation”. When the family...
x-David Robbins
David Robbins 3/22/1999 - 11/30/2017 David Robbins passed away peacefully at his Rockville home on November 30, 2017. He is survived by his loving mother Christiane; his devoted sister Gabrielle ; as well as the love of his life Alicia O’Neil, his best friend Alex Le,...
Count Me In
Funding from the National Cancer Institute will help optimize patient engagement in research while studying osteosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Count Me In, a non-profit research initiative that...
Tumor Testing
In many adult cancers, at diagnosis, a biopsy of the tumor is done and some of the tumor tissue is sent off for genetic testing. Then, depending on the results of the genetic testing, a particular treatment is chosen by the doctor. For Osteosarcoma there is only one...
Germline Testing
When a child is diagnosed with osteosarcoma very young (typically below the age of 10) or has a strong family history of sarcomas/breast cancer/GBM, or when a patient relapses, genetic testing may be mentioned. There are two distinct types of genetic testing looking...