AAOS/ORS Research Symposium - Media Alert

Newswise — WHO: Join Orthopaedic Surgeons, Physicians and the World's Most Promising Cancer Researchers and Educators from the National Cancer Institute, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pittsburgh, among many others. "¢ Speakers include: 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate, Mario Capecchi, PhDDr. Capecchi will discuss his groundbreaking work with stem cells and implications for soft tissue sarcomas.

FACT: Sarcomas affect both young children and adults. In the past, the only treatment available for osteosarcoma, the second most common bone cancer, was amputation.

FACT: Osteosarcoma, occurs in two to three new people per million each year. It accounts for five percent of all childhood cancers.

FACT: Over the last decade, great strides have been made with stem cells, gene therapy and tissue engineering allow bone cancer patients to possibly avoid amputations. PATIENT STORIES AVAILABLE

WHAT: To explore the very latest bone and tumor cancer treatment options including new and cutting edge information on: "¢ Osteosarcoma"¢ Ewing's Sarcoma"¢ Chrondrosarcoma"¢ Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) Download a full Agenda (http://www.aaos.org/research/Committee/research/symposia/mbtmo.asp)

WHY: Symposium allows physicians, educators and researchers more opportunities to explore further cancer treatment options and plans in the research and clinical arenas.

WHEN: September 25 " 27, 2008 Day begins at 7:00 a.m.

WHERE: Hilton Salt Lake City 255 South West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801) 328-2000

This symposium is sponsored by: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Research Society, Orthopaedic Education and Research Foundation, NIH, NCI, NIAMS, NICHD, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, WWWW Foundation, Inc. (QuadW).