Cancer took her leg. It didn't take her future At 13, Lakita lost her leg. At 19, she graduated high school to a standing ovation, having survived three tumours, two stem cell transplants, and a rare genetic condition that means cancer will... Health 24 min ago
In rare cases, genetic conditions like Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a gene mutation present from birth, predispose individuals to various cancers, including bone cancer, brain tumours, leukaemia, and breast cancer.
Seeking answers, the family travelled to India, where doctors diagnosed her with osteosarcoma, a cancer that forms in the bone.
Dr Nicholas Okumu, an orthopaedic oncologist at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), explains that osteosarcoma is the most common form of bone cancer, though it remains rare overall.
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