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Solid and Bone Cancers

Solid cancers can occur in several places in the body including the bones, organs and muscles. Solid cancers or tumors do not contain any liquid or cysts. There are two major types of solid tumors: sarcomas and carcinomas. Neuroblastoma is also considered a solid cancer.

Latest Solid and Bone Cancers grants

Development of New Approaches to Target MAP Kinase Pathway in RAS-driven Rhabdomyosarcoma
Angelina Vaseva, PhD, Principal Investigator
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2023
Synthetic gene expression regulator switches (SynGERS) expressed in CAR T cells to cure children with solid tumors
Andras Heczey, MD, Principal Investigator
Baylor College of Medicine
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2023
Identification of Aberrantly Methylated Differentially Expressed Genes to Distinguish High- vs. Low-Risk Retinoblastoma
Jesse Berry, MD, Principal Investigator
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Reach Grants, Awarded 2023
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Solid and Bone Cancers Heroes

Arianna Hines
Elijah Nix
Arden Saenz
Stryder Nadeau
Everly Settlemyer
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Latest Solid and Bone Cancers blog posts

 Meet Four Heroes Battling Pediatric Sarcoma 
July is more than sweltering summer days and backyard barbeques; to many, it’s a month that honors those battling sarcomas – a disease that represents 15% of childhood cancer diagnoses. While the five-year survival rate for all types of... more
Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
The Unforgettable Heroes of Sarcoma Awareness Month
July marks Sarcoma Awareness Month. Sarcomas are a diverse group of cancers that arise from bone or soft tissue in the body. There are over 100 different subtypes, making treatment difficult — not every sarcoma can be treated the same. ... more
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Olivia Reardon

When Olivia’s parents noticed swelling behind her right eye, they took her to an ophthalmologist who sent them to the ER right away... Olivia had a tumor the size of a golf ball. More than 66 weeks of treatment later, Olivia has reached remission!
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