Archive for 2017
2017 Kristen Ann Carr Fund Holiday Letter
December 2017 Dear friends, The 1992 holiday season found us at our lowest point . Kristen’s illness had grown much worse. We had yet to understand that we were trying to stop a locomotive with our bare hands. By the first week of January 1993, about all we knew was an urgent need to keep…
Read MoreThe Kristen Ann Carr Fund welcomes the 2017/2018 Surgical Fellow, Edmund (Ned) King Bartlett, MD
Dr. Bartlett will gain extensive clinical experience at MSK, where he’ll study recurrence patterns in patients with liposarcomas in their arms or legs. Liposarcomas are the most common type of sarcoma (approximately 20% of all such tumors). There are also several sub-types: well difrerentiated, dediferentiated, pleomorphc, myxoid, round cell. The clinical significance of these subtypes…
Read MoreFunding from The Kristen Ann Carr Fund Propels the Work of World-Renowned Pathologist and Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cristina Antonescu, MD
Dr. Antonescu’s research centers on the deep molecular characterization of rare sarcomas that strike children and young adults. The essence of precision medicine, these critical data point to the inner workings of a tumor, and are used to guide treatment decisions. The Fund is supporting Dr. Antonescu’s study of tumors that contain “simple” genetic abnormalities,…
Read MoreLiposarcoma and other ‘orphan diseases’ warrant research and attention
The LA Times recently published an article by liposarcoma specialist Dr. William W Tseng. In it, he speaks about what drives those who specialize in treating and researching “orphan diseases” such as sarcoma. Click HERE to read more.
Read MoreJoin KACF to Ride in Cycle for Survival Again!
We are excited to let you know the Kristen Ann Carr Fund will be riding as a team for Cycle for Survival on Sunday February 12th at Equinox in Greenwich, CT. We have 16 people riding including Ilyse and Paul Lesser, Nina Mohr and Tristine Skyler. Last year we raised over $20,000 and this year we are…
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