Inside Lacrosse and ILIndoor.com express their best wishes and prayers to Chris Sanderson. The goalie who wowed lacrosse fans last year by beating brain cancer to play for Team Canada in the FIL World Championships in England has found another tumor and will go in for surgery to remove it next week.
Sanderson went in for a biopsy Thursday at Duke University Hospital and the results came back showing a GBM (Glioblastoma multiforme) tumor in the same spot as the previous one. According to Chris’ CaringBridge.com journal, the family is hoping that he can go in for surgery next Thursday.
The 36-year-old Philadelphia Wings assistant coach led Canada to a silver medal last summer, his fourth time on the national team, after winning gold in 2006 in London, Ontario. His story of battling back to make Team Canada last year was truly remarkable. He actually skipped a round of chemotherapy to play for Canada in England.
Be sure to follow along with Chris’ journal for more information. You can also wish him well at IL’s Wingszone.com/nllmb message board. And you can donate in his name for the April 29 American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Best of luck to Chris and his family next week.
