The Charity Fitness Tour rolled to The Race to Cure Sarcoma LA at Griffith Park, November 2, 2025.

Описание: The Charity Fitness Tour rolled to The Race to Cure Sarcoma LA at Griffith Park, November 2, 2025 supporting the survivors, caregivers, and families dealing with Sarcoma.
Sarcoma is a rare cancer accounting for 1% of all adult cancer and 21% of childhood cancers. There are two main types: tumors that form in bones, tumors that form in muscles, fat, nerves and other soft tissues.

Approximately 17,000 people are diagnosed with sarcoma each year in the United States, approximately 4,000 bone sarcomas and 13,000 soft tissue sarcomas. At any one time, more than 50,000 patients and their families are struggling with sarcoma.

There are over 100 subtypes of sarcoma as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). Sarcomas can arise anywhere in the body and from a variety of tissue structures (nerves, muscles, joints. bone, fat, blood vessels – collectively referred to as the body’s “connective tissues”). The most frequent location are the limbs since this is where the majority of the body’s connective tissue resides.

40% occur in the lower extremities (legs, ankles, feet)
30% occur in the trunk (chest wall, abdomen, pelvis)
15% occur in the upper extremities (shoulders, arms, wrists, hands)
15% occur in the head and neck
Sarcomas are commonly hidden deep in the body, so sarcoma is often diagnosed when it has already become too large to expect a hope of being cured. Although a lot of the lumps and bumps we get are benign, people should have them looked at by a doctor at an early stage in case it is sarcoma.

Sarcoma is sometimes curable by surgery (about 20% of the time), or by surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation (another 50-55%), but about half the time they are totally resistant to all of these approaches-thus the extreme need for new therapeutic approaches.
For more info:
https://curesarcoma.org/sarcoma-educa...