Quest for a Cure: Sarcoma...the Forgotten Cancer hosted by UH Cancer Center

Quest for a Cure is a public education event hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. Through Quest for a Cure, we aim to involve and engage anyone whose life has been touched by cancer and wants to learn more about the disease. Topics include different cancer types and related cancer issues.

Our Quest for a Cure series of monthly talks include researchers from the UH Cancer Center, clinician partners from our oncology community, and cancer survivors and/or caregivers who will be sharing their cancer stories. This year, our overall goal of this talk series is to empower those going through their cancer journeys with information and resources so they can ask their vital questions, reach out to others for support, and be more in control of their path forward. Light refreshments will be served during the mingle time with our speakers and event attendees.

This 1st of 3 monthly talks will feature the following speakers:

- Shane Morita, MD, MBA, PhD, FACS, medical director of surgical oncology at The Queen’s Medical Center and assistant researcher at University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center

- Brenda Hernandez, PhD, MPH, researcher at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center

- Sean Kelly, MD, orthopedic oncologist at Tripler Army Medical Center & The Queen’s Medical Center and assistant researcher at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center

- Evan Wu, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at Hawai‘i Pacific Health and assistant researcher at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center

- Wendy Suite, caregiver of her son

- Brynner Kekua, sarcoma cancer survivor

- Caroline Huff, sarcoma cancer survivor

Objective(s)

We will identify strategies for patients and their caregivers to be empowered during their cancer journeys by:

1. Raising awareness about what sarcoma is and how it can appear

2. Learning at least two different options to treat sarcoma

3. Understanding the impact of sarcoma in Hawai‘i

4. Forming a sarcoma community alliance in Hawai‘i

Host or Publisher University of Hawai'i Cancer Center