Items Tagged ‘5298’
December 9, 2012
Goals achieved: Beat cancer, walk again
By Margaret Shepard, Communications Specialist 
A rare cancer cost Bob Anderson his hip and leg. Willpower and rehabilitation specialists at Mayo Clinic helped him keep his active lifestyle.
Tags: 5298, 5299, 5308, 5335, 5422, bone cancer, Dr. Shives, fibrosarcoma, Karen Andrews M.D., Mayo Clinic, Robert Anderson
August 19, 2010
Mayo helps athlete get back on her feet
By CSMMayo 
I was diagnosed with bone cancer in ninth grade. It was December 2006, just before the holidays. For several months, I’d had a bump just below my right knee that the local orthopedic surgeon thought was just an extra piece of bone. My mom is a pediatric oncology nurse, and she was worried it was […]
Tags: 1136, 2292, 5220, 5298, 5307, 5309, 5335, Cancer, Orthopedics, Osteosarcoma, Patient Story
January 18, 2010
By CSMMayo
This story was submitted by David Kelly from Saint Joseph, Mich. We’ve been a part of the Mayo Experience since 1998. Originally we began our treatment in a Chicago hospital. It was there that our two-year-old daughter, Hannah, had her first biopsy to determine what was causing a lump just below her right wrist. I’ll […]
Tags: 1136, 2292, 5279, 5298, 5299, 5306, 5335, Cancer, Patient Story