My granddaughter Carly was diagnosed in July of 2002 with this cancer. At that time there was no information available on the internet. This group was established to provide that information and offer love and support to those who suffer with this terrible disease.

Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is cancer of the cartilage. Mesenchyme are embryonic cells from which cartilage are formed. Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor originating from connective tissue. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is a special variant of chondrosarcoma, and is much more rare.

Pictured Right: Carly (center) age 9 and her two sisters, Kelcie, 11 and Emma,2. Carly has been cancer free 5 years. She is still seen twice a year for surveilliance scans. Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma often recurs and follow-up scans are very important.

The Faces of Sarcoma can be viewed at this web site:
http://abc-survivors.net/sarcoma_cause/main.php