Childhood Cancer, Common Types, Rally Blog, What Is
What Are the Most Common Childhood Cancers? It’s no secret that adults get cancer. But children get cancer, too — and it’s more common than you might think. Worldwide, 300,000 kids are diagnosed with cancer every year. And in the U.S., 1 in 285 children will be...
Childhood Cancer, Common Types, Featured Blogs, Rally Blog, Research, What Is
What is Ewing Sarcoma? Ewing Sarcoma Defined Ewing sarcoma is a cancerous bone tumor that affects children, adolescent and young adults—usually developing during puberty between the ages of 10 and 20 years old. Approximately 87% of Ewing sarcomas are in the long bone,...
Childhood Cancer, Common Types, Featured Blogs, Rally Blog, Research, What Is
What Is Osteosarcoma? Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer in children and adolescents. The tumor often originates in the long bones of the body, and while osteosarcoma frequently starts in a particular bone, it can potentially move to other sites in...
Childhood Cancer, Families, Kids, Rally Blog, Rally Stories
My View Looking Forward Before cancer, I was never a morning person, but now I love waking up in my home with the entire family under one roof. Most nights, I wake up around 3 am in a panic. Did I dream up this terrible nightmare that my 4-year-old son had cancer and...
Childhood Cancer, Families, Kids, Rally Blog, Rally Stories, What Is
Discovering the Reality of Childhood Cancer Treatment On our diagnosis day, we were told that our four-year-old Gus had Ewing Sarcoma. What doctors didn’t know was the particular type or variant he had. Tumor Sequencing Tumor sequencing is vital, as some variants of...