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Bradley’s Senior Picture,
taken one month before his diagnosis with Ewings Sarcoma/PNET
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Who We Are
We are the friends and
family of Bradley Rice. In May of 2005, at the end of his
senior year at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia,
MD, Bradley was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour
(ES/PNET), a rare and aggressive form of bone and soft tissue sarcoma. In 10
months, Bradley endured chemo, surgery and radiation. In spite of our and
medical science’s best efforts, Bradley passed away on March 21, 2006.
What We’re Doing
Bradley's family is participating in a series of
internationally coordinated events that will take place in July of 2007 to
raise public awareness of sarcoma and to raise funds for much needed sarcoma
research. As part of this effort, they will join Team
Sarcoma 2007 in Vermont,
biking the countryside around Lake Champlain.
The Team Sarcoma 2007 Initiative involves hundreds of people, worldwide in an
"International Bike, Run, Walk, and Swim for Sarcoma Awareness".
The family will also join together with the local community in a "Walk
Around the Park" in Frederick,
MD on July 22, 2007.
Why We’re Doing It
The entire family found Bradley's
illness to be profoundly life altering. We are now committed to telling his
story in the belief that increased public awareness of sarcoma will lead to
increased research funding and that research will ultimately lead to a cure
for sarcoma.
The press and TV coverage of these efforts will
help make tens of thousands of people aware of this devastating and deadly
cancer. Such awareness can, in the short term, potentially affect the lives
of thousands of families and can aid in directing money toward research to
find methods to diagnose and cure this disease.
How
You Can Help
·
Join us July 22 in Baker Park
- Sponsor our participation in Team Sarcoma 2007
Be sure to check
out....
Electronic Sarcoma
Update Newsletter (ESUN)
ESUN is an online, bi-monthly newsletter which
contains articles of interest to patients, caregivers, physicians, and
nurses. In addition to feature articles that focus on specific sarcomas and current
issues in dealing with these cancers, it has regular columns discussing
clinical trials (Clinical Trial News), recent research findings (Research
Corner), a Q&A Column which addresses questions sent in by readers, a
column that deals with a general potpourri of topics of general interest
(Odds & Ends Column) and a column telling Stories of Courage and
Hope. ESUN has an outstanding Medical Editorial
Advisory Board. It has been accessed by thousands of readers worldwide.
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