January 3, 2020
By uclahealth 
“I was happy to see everybody in uniform. I saw the Chief from the Fire Department and got to talk to him,” grins 20-year-old Juan Jose Torres, a patient at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica who received some surprise visitors. “I had a tumor of 14 centimeters on my left shoulder, where my humerus had […]
Tags: chemotherapy, featured, osteosarcoma, Santa Monica Fire Department, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica
November 1, 2011
Teen Battles Osteosarcoma and Seizes Bright Future
By uclahealth
The doctors told Allie Newman that the pain in her right thigh was tendonitis, nothing to worry about. A little physical therapy and she’d be as good as new. Just one month later, in January, the 16-year-old avid skier and soccer player was diagnosed with an aggressive osteosarcoma in her right femur. Her dad, Bob […]
Tags: cancer, Dr. Jeffrey Eckardt, Dr. Noah Federman, osteosarcoma, UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
