Unique and rare items will be auctioned to benefit an ISU student with cancer.

Seth Bailey, registered as a senior in communication studies last semester, is dealing with a rare form of cancer and is opting to use alternative treatment.

Soft-tissue synovial sarcoma was found in Seth Bailey’s right foot in November 1995, said Tom Bailey, his father. It was treated by amputating his leg six inches below his knee.

Items including trips, Olympic memorabilia such as an Olympic torch and gold ring and sports memorabilia will be auctioned between 4 and 8 p.m. Feb. 1 at Mid-Prairie Middle School in Kalona, Iowa, Tom Bailey said.

Cael Sanderson has donated an autographed singlet and Wheaties box to help raise money for Seth Bailey, Tom Bailey said.

The benefit next weekend will include a pork dinner and silent auction before a live auction at the middle school, 713 F Ave. in Kalona.

The Bailey family will use money raised at the benefit on an alternative treatment for Seth’s cancer, said Sally Gingerich, a family friend.

“I think it costs $30,000 for one year of treatment,” she said. “[The Bailey’s] have hospital bills that either exceed the $1 million insurance policy or are close to it.”

Seth Bailey has chosen to use alternative treatments for his cancer because he and his family do not believe traditional treatment would be of benefit any more, Gingerich said.

Livingston Foundation Medical Center in San Diego, Calif., is where Seth Bailey hopes to be once he is released from the University of Iowa Hospitals, Tom Bailey said.

The center has a reputation for successful organic treatments, Gingerich said. “They relearn how to eat [and] take vitamins,” she said. “It’s very holistic.”

This summer Seth Bailey interned with the U.S. Olympic Committee, Tom Bailey said. While there, he began training for the Paralympics.

Seth Bailey hopes to continue his training once his health permits, Tom Bailey said. Seth Bailey also hopes to return to Iowa State after his treatments and recovery are complete.

Seth Bailey is in intensive care due to surgeries he had to remove tumors in his lungs, Gingerich said.