Sarcoma Stories

Dr. Felasfa Wodajo was “humbled and honored” by our request to interview him, because he finds that “actually, it is the patients fighting sarcoma who are the real stories.” An orthopedic oncologist, now is a member of Virginia Cancer Specialists. He has lead the Musculoskeletal Tumor Program at Virginia Hospital Center. His Oncology Nurse Coordinator meets…

I once heard University of Minnesota Associate Professor and medical oncologist Brenda Weigel referred to as “the hope doctor.” It is easy to see why this could be so. Dr. Weigel radiates a sincere and vital hope, fueled by her research seeking better cancer treatments but grounded in her experience treating cancer patients. “Far too…

Dr. Subramanian has been researching sarcomas since 2003. Although only few funding resources are available for sarcoma research compared to other cancers, Subramanian is drawn to the field. Sarcomas often strike children and young adults, who have so much life left to experience. Subramanian would like to discover ways to help these people. His own…

Logan Spector is not a medical doctor, but he does have the opportunity to talk with families as part of his research work. In his experience, the first question asked by parents whose children have been diagnosed with cancer is: What’s going to happen to my child? The second question is: Why did this happen…

University of Minnesota Professor and medical oncologist Keith Skubitz has been treating people with sarcoma cancer for over 20 years.

It can be really hard to love sarcoma cells when you’re a cancer patient. Yet your future may depend on scientists finding them fascinating. Meet University of Minnesota Professor and tumor biologist Amy Skubitz, who finds cancer cells to be the most interesting in the human body. We can embrace this interest, as she has…

University of Minnesota Associate Professor and orthopedic surgeon Christian Ogilvie chose medicine so he could practice science, while working directly with people. He likes teaching people, educating patients. And he likes to fix things. He appreciates the chance to make a big difference in someone’s life, in a moment. To restore them, perhaps, to what…

University of Minnesota Professor Jaime Modiano is a dog doctor, whose passion for treating his animal patients may translate into new medicine for you. Dogs get sarcoma cancers, naturally, at a much higher rate than people do. They also have much shorter life spans than people. We can learn a lot by studying dogs, and…

Dr. Scott Okuno is an Oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he treats patients who have sarcoma. He works with a team of people who have different specialties, “a good group of people,” who are “learning all the time” and who put their knowledge together to decide how best to treat patients.…