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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...
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Oliver Feldman
Make A DonationOliver 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...
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David Robbins
David Robbins3/22/1999 - 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,...
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Austin Cohen
Make a DonationIn 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...
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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...