Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Program Patient Stories

When leg pain led to a young boy’s cancer diagnosis, doctors at CHOP performed a rare surgery to remove the tumor and save much of his leg function.

When Jacob was 11, he began experiencing intermittent pain in his right leg. Since the pain came and went, he continued playing sports, but the pain worsened, and one night, it was so bad that it woke him up from his sleep.

When Connor, a high school athlete, was diagnosed with a bone tumor in his thigh, teams from two #1 ranked pediatric programs at CHOP collaborated on his treatment.

To remove a cancerous tumor, Liam had a surgical procedure that removed only the middle portion of his leg and let him remain active.

Sean’s dream of becoming a kicker was put on hold, temporarily. Precision treatment for Ewing sarcoma put him back on the field, where he can one day make his dream a reality.

A surgery to remove Cameron's right big toe and part of his foot to rid him of cancer did not stop him from enjoying his favorite sports.

After a year of treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, Dylan shows no signs of the disease and his family is optimistic about the future.

Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at age 14, Arnav and his family sought the expertise of CHOP, where a limb-sparing surgery gave him a chance to keep pursuing his passion for cycling.