Ian Lock will talk about his battle with Osteosarcoma which began in 2010, his Pediatric Cancer advocacy work which started in high school, and his current focus which is to get his PHD in Molecular Cancer Biology from Duke University.

After hurting his leg as a sophomore in high school during a school football game in 2010, Ian Lock  went to his pediatrician who saw a dark spot on his leg while examining him. This spot turned out to be Osteosarcoma. Ian went through the usual difficult treatment for this most common form of bone cancer, and fortunately he did not suffer a relapse which so many Osteosarcoma patients do.Ian then decided to become an advocate through the American Cancer Society for Pediatric Cancer while still in high school and then while in college, decided to do research on such pediatric  cancers as Hepatoblastoma, Leukemia , and Osteosarcoma.Ian is now going after his PHD in Molecular Cancer Biology from Duke University and his career path is geared towards in some way helping Pediatric Cancer patients find an easier path to handle their own cancer battles.