Jacob Bredenhof is on his 14th round of chemotherapy to fight high-grade osteosarcoma, an extremely rare form of bone cancer Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything ...
It’s a surgery so unusual that when 10-year-old Haley Stol’s mother first heard about rotationplasty, she simply called it “freaky.” Haley had bone cancer in her right leg and needed an above-the-knee ...
Osteosarcoma is rare, yet it’s the most common form of bone cancer among children. It is an aggressive cancer, and removal of the diseased bone must be done quickly. The most common location for ...
Background: Malignant bone tumors of the lower extremity are more frequently found in children and adolescents than in adults. Modern treatment regimens led to high limb salvage rates and offer the ...
For children with bone cancer below the knee, a revolutionary procedure removes the tumor while also allowing for better mobility as children grow up. Osteosarcoma is a rare cancer of the bones, ...
At a young age of 5 or 7, when most kids are busy playing kickball or building blanket forts, Atharv Tiwari and Mohammad Irfan were dealing with the most challenging times of their lives. At that age, ...
A man who was diagnosed with rapidly spreading bone cancer in his knee after a fall has had half of his leg amputated - but doctors saved his life by sewing his foot on backwards. Ibrahim Abdulrauf, ...
Many children experience growing pains in their legs. Normally, it's nothing to be concerned about, but for one preschooler, the growing pains turned out to be cancer. Liam Waldron, now 8, loves cars.
Boy chose rare surgery in hopes of playing pro baseball. May 12, 2011— -- Watching Dugan Smith pitch, it is easy to imagine he is like any other 13-year-old on the baseball field. He's one of the ...
When I was in fifth grade, I started having pain in my knee. I complained, but everyone thought it was just a muscle pain since I like to run. I’m on teams for soccer and track, and I just kept ...
A 7-year-old girl with hopes of pursuing a career in dance recently received devastating news: her left leg had a 10-centimeter tumor. But thanks to a rare procedure, which involves reattaching her ...
A 4-year-old Cary-area boy injured over Labor Day weekend in a lawnmower accident at his home has hit major recovery ...