S4 E10 – "The Importance of Early and Correct Diagnosis": Sarcoma Awareness Month 2024 with Roger Wilson

For this episode of Karger's The Waiting Room Podcast, we spoke with Roger Wilson. He is a sarcoma patient, patient advocate, founder of Sarcoma UK, as well as Honorary President and active Board member of the Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Global Network (SPAGN). We talked about his patient journey with soft tissue sarcoma, his work as a patient advocate as well as Sarcoma Awareness Month in July, with this year's motto being "The importance of early and correct diagnosis". Since being diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma in 1999, Roger has undergone ten operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. He currently works with a range of organizations and academic research groups in the UK and Europe. Furthermore, he has honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Lancaster in the UK.