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The Limb Preservation Foundation
CBS News Program TONIGHT at 5:30 p.m.
The CBS Evening News will feature a story on today's broadcast (April 18
at 5:30 MST) about the collaborative efforts between Dr. Ross Wilkins of
the Denver Clinic for Extremities at Risk, and Dr. Stephen Withrow of
the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center, and their efforts to
find the cause and the cure for bone cancer and other extremity diseases.
The April 18 news story will be entitled "A Tale of Two Doctors" and
will feature interviews with both doctors and information on their
research collaborations in regard to osteosarcoma. Drs. Wilkins and
Withrow have been working together for many years on collaborative
research pertaining to osteosarcoma treatments and protocols for
patients with limb cancer.
Thanks to their joint efforts, the survival rate of pediatric limb
cancer patients has increased from 60% in 1986 to 92% today. The Limb
Preservation Foundation is committed to the research being conducted by
these two doctors and is working to continue their efforts through the
development of a Limb Preservation University Chair in support of
research in Musculoskeletal Biology at the CSU Animal Cancer Center in
Fort Collins. The Foundation will be working with CSU to jointly fund
this research position with the goal of raising $3,000,000 together in
the next three years.
Dr. Ross Wilkins is Founder of The Limb Preservation Foundation and
Medical Director of the Denver Clinic for Extremities at Risk.
Dr. Stephen Withrow is the Director of the CSU Animal Cancer Center and
holds a seat on the Board of Directors of The Limb Preservation
Foundation. The Limb Preservation Foundation is a charitable
organization that was established in 1987. The mission of the Foundation
is to support the prevention and treatment of limb threatening
conditions due to trauma, tumor or infection.
The Foundation coordinates and funds patient treatment programs,
educational programs and research with the goal of addressing the needs
of individuals who are facing the potential loss of a limb.
Category: Events and Coming Attractions
Submitted: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Subject: ACC
Contact: Lynda J Reed
E-mail: Lynda.Reed@colostate.edu
Phone: (970) 297-4175