May 12, 2014
Michael Heck, 62, was drying off after a shower when he first felt the lump in his upper thigh last summer. It didn’t hurt and it wasn’t raised, but it definitely was there. He made an appointment with his doctor, who said it was probably nothing, but ordered an MRI just to be sure. Michael’s wife, […]
April 12, 2014
As an orthopedic oncologist, Felasfa Wodajo, MD, sees a broad range of musculoskeletal tumors. Sarcomas, however, are rare—less than 1 percent of diagnosed cancers. Even osteosarcoma, the most common bone sarcoma, affects an estimated 1 to 1.5 persons per million. Despite this infrequency, sarcomas can be confused with many abnormalities seen on MRIs. Thus, “careful […]
