Gray Collegiate head football coach Adam Holmes says it all the time on game day: it's time to get paid. That phrase has taken on a completely different meaning this season for senior kicker Eric Anderson.
Nine games and 27 points later, Loudoun Valley High School varsity football kicker Nick Van Zandt has raised more than $2,000 to benefit childhood cancer research.
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare cancer of the skeletal muscle that primarily affects pediatric patients. After diagnosis, about 3 out of 4 patients are cured with standard treatment. Survival rates drop to 17 percent if the disease comes back (recurs) and to 30 percent if it spreads (metastasizes).
Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, & Stem Cell Transplantation at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (VP&S).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For two long months, left fielder Alex Gordon was a free agent. The heartbreak, anxiety, and nerves were all too real for super-fan Aidan Loney.
Chefs from around the country came together Saturday at UCLA to help raise funds to fight childhood cancer at the sixth annual L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade tasting fund raiser, and despite the steamy weather, plenty of celebs turned out to support the cause. More than $1 million was raised, thanks to a matching funds donor.
Sawyer is a young man with a big personality who always shows so much love for others. When he was diagnosed with germinoma, treatment had to be tailored specifically to him since he also has Down syndrome. Luckily, it worked and today Sawyer is NED!
