Dallas area friends - join me for our 5k on July 18th at 8:30 am. North Dallas park location tbd.

Reached our goal of $1,500 with more than 2 months to go to the race -- so here we go, let's double it again!! Help me reach $3,000 before July 18th!

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UPDATE 4/29: Earlier this month a paper was published by scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center which found success in treating mice with MFS and other genetically complex sarcomas by targeting the Hippo pathway based on inhibition of eIF4A-dependent translation of the key oncogenic transcription factors YAP and TAZ. These experiments, while still in animal testing, give us hope to find new and more targeted treatments for (currently considered) incurable forms of sarcomas! I'm energized by this breakthrough and hopeful for more advancements. But, when you're looking at ultra-rare cancers, sometimes the NIH says there isn't a big enough impact on the population to fund it. Running this race, walking this race, participating in spreading awareness, and donating to our fundraising efforts will help us financially support the work being done at MSKCC, Kyoto Univ. CCII, MDA's SPORE, and all other sarcoma research centers around the world.

When you donate to our team, Fighting Irish Fight Sarcoma, or you join our team in the race, we will send you some FIFS stickers including a Fight for Adam sticker. We are also working on buttons and other options. Let us know what you'd prefer to use to spread awareness of our fight against Sarcoma!

April 20, 2026:

Thanks to the Race to Cure Sarcoma events, SFA has funded over 200 grants in 12 countries leading to close to 200 total publications, adding to the sarcoma research discourse. This has led to $26 million+ in additional funding, 10+ clinical trials with 5 additional pending, and 2 patents. Your investment in the RTCS events, is an investment in saving lives.

In January of 2026, my brother was diagnosed with Myxofibrosarcoma / Spindle Cell sarcoma, which is a soft tissue sarcoma and part of a group of undifferentiated sarcomas. Sarcoma makes up only 1% of cancers in the US, and of course his subtype is considered "ultra-rare". We joke with him that he always has to be the best/top percent and now he's doing it again but with cancer.

I've spent the last four months learning everything I can about undifferentiated sarcomas, and what is clear to me is that the research and the support for these cancers is incredibly YOUNG compared to other cancers. Did you know the oldest sarcoma foundation in the US is only 30 years old?! I am older than sarcoma support! That is crazy to me - so we are here to help change the face of sarcoma research by fundraising for support SFA!