The Facts. Sarcoma does not discriminate.
Strike Out Sarcoma is an annual 5K race that takes place at Burke Lake Park in Burke, VA. It raises awareness of a rare bone cancer known as Sarcoma.
What is sarcoma?
What is sarcoma?
- It is a cancer of the connective tissues, such as nerves, muscles, cartilage, joints, bone, or blood vessels.
- It can arise anywhere in the body, frequently hidden deep in the limbs.
- About 1% of all adult cancers are sarcomas.
- Between 15-20% of all children’s cancers are sarcomas.
- There are hundreds of thousands of patients and their families struggling with sarcoma world wide.
- When possible, sarcoma patients have surgery to remove the cancer.
- Surgery is often combined with chemotherapy and/or radiation.
- They are often misdiagnosed. Sometimes they are thought to be sports injuries.
- When they are diagnosed, they may be large and difficult to remove surgically and they may have metastasized.
- Many sarcomas resist current treatments
