Each year in Australia, 90 children and adolescents are diagnosed with sarcoma. Sadly, the rate of survival for those diagnosed with high-risk osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is still only 50 per cent. Anya’s Wish and the 19 for 19 Challenge is on a mission to change this statistic and, thanks to the resounding support of the Armidale and regional NSW community, along with Tour de Rocks and Tour de Cure, world-first research breakthroughs are being discovered. This year’s 19 for 19 Challenge will be held on Sunday 20 October, and continue to raise funds for this crucial line of research.  It will also forever honour Anya, a vibrant, kind, remarkable young woman who fought to the end. Here’s how her dying wish has changed the face of osteosarcoma treatment forever, as told by her mother Liz Egan.