Diagnosed in July 2021 at the age of 12 after feeling a lump in her left cheek. An x-ray, ultrasound, and MRI at CHOP revealed a mass. A biopsy confirmed it as synovial sarcoma. The 5.5 cm tumor was successfully removed at CHOP by Dr. Ken Kazahaya without nerve damage. Shortly after, Katie began chemotherapy. […]

Diagnosed with Synovial Sarcoma in December 2016 after a 10 cm tumor was found in her pelvic wall during a routine OB-GYN appointment. Thinking it was a fibroid, surgery was performed to remove it. Upon opening her up, the doctor realized it was more than just a fibroid, took a biopsy, and sewed her back […]

Joey was officially diagnosed with Synovial Sarcoma on December 23, 2017, after being misdiagnosed twice while experiencing years of worsening hip and abdominal pain that had originally been attributed to old football injuries and other unrelated conditions. While attending the police academy, Joey was hospitalized with severe pain, but even imaging at the time failed […]

Seth was diagnosed with Synovial Sarcoma in his left knee in November 2020 after initially being misdiagnosed with a vascular malformation in 2018. Prior to his diagnosis, Seth underwent two embolization procedures in 2018 while searching for answers to his symptoms. Seth participated in a radiation clinical trial at UCLA Medical Center, where he underwent […]