Mallory Hummer
Mallory discovered she had epithelioid sarcoma.
One day, Mallory Hummer noticed a strange bump on her wrist. Pathology reports revealed she had a giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. In January 2017, she had it removed and a short time later, she was ready to start her family and became pregnant with twins. Once pregnant, the tumor began to grow back quickly, and the pathology report showed a very rare, aggressive tumor called Epithelioid Sarcoma.
Mallory quickly got in to the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's to see orthopedic oncologist, Dr. Daniel Lerman, plastic surgeon, Dr. David Schnur and the multi-disciplinary team. Dr. Lerman did a surgical bed excision essentially taking out everything the tumor was touching. Dr. Schnur took a piece of her gracilis muscle from her thigh, put it in her wrist and did a skin graft. Mallory was able to maintain functionality for everyday life and for her most important role — being an amazing mother to her 6-month old twins.