Hero

Episode IV XII.	Hero
35 years for the Marathon of Hope
Blog Beat	Never Give Up On A Dream | Rod Stewart

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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope initiated by Terry Fox.

Anatomy 101

Sarcoma is a rare cancer (less than 1% of new cases in a year¹) that affects supportive tissues of the body, including bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, and blood vessels. More common in children and young adults, sarcomas are named based on their originating tissues, such as osteosarcoma for bone or liposarcoma for fat². There are over 50 types of soft tissue (non-bone) sarcomas³.

5373 km

On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox started his run across the country after losing his leg to osteosarcoma. He aimed to raise $1 from every Canadian for cancer research, but ended up creating a revolution whereby over $650 million has been raised in an effort to end cancer⁴. He didn't get to finish, but is and will always remain a true, Canadian hero.

A daffodil for sarcoma awareness

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Donate to my mom's OneWalk fund!

¹ Cancer Research Society "Types of Sarcoma" http://www.crs-src.ca/page.aspx?pid=2227
² Cancer Research Society "Sarcoma" http://www.crs-src.ca/page.aspx?pid=1326
³ Mount Sinai Hospital "About Sarcoma" http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/sarcoma-unit/about-sarcoma
⁴ Terry Fox and the Foundations "Facts" http://www.terryfox.org/TerryFox/Facts.html

"I'm not a dreamer, and I'm not saying this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer, but I believe in miracles. I have to." - Terry Fox