Sarcoma can be a wolf in sheep’s clothing

April 11, 2013

New clinic links pediatric sarcoma treatment services

J. Carlton Smith noticed severe pain in his knee five years ago during a lacrosse tournament. Smith, then 13 years old, never imagined hearing the diagnosis doctors would give him: osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone.

By Christina Echegaray

December 10, 2015

Review highlights financial impact of sarcoma misdiagnosis

Malpractice awards and settlements are eight times greater when physicians misdiagnosis sarcoma than when they make other mistakes, according to a review of 32 years of court cases.

By Tom Wilemon

September 13, 2022

Cancer registries and sarcoma research

The number of sarcoma research studies that use the two largest U.S. cancer registries is increasing, but over one-third of studies that asked the same research question reported conflicting findings.

By Leigh MacMillan