The Life Raft Group offers the following educational pamphlets that help put you in control of your cancer treatment!
Please contact Erin Kristoff, Communications Director with any questions.
Books About GIST
Magic Cancer Bullet
Produced by Daniel Vasella, M.D.
The remarkable story behind the revolutionary miracle cure for cancer, Gleevec. Novartis chairman Dr Dan Vasella describes its development and how he and Novartis orchestrated the break-neck approval and massive production of this amazing drug.
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis recently developed Gleevec, one of the first ‘smart’ drugs created to kill cancer cells without damaging healthy cells in the process. In early tests with a common form of leukemia and other types of cancer, Gleevec has been extraordinarily successful, and side effects have been astoundingly minimal. Gleevec communicates directly with cancer-causing chromosomes and interrupts the signal that causes excessive growth of certain white blood cells. Patients have seen their tumours shrink significantly, and some have disappeared altogether.
This is the inside story of the creation of this miracle drug, and how Novartis CEO and chairman Dan Vasella rallied the company to bring Gleevec to market in mass quantities and record time.
100 Questions and Answers about Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
Produced by Ronald DeMatteo, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Marina Symcox, PhD, George D. Demetri, MD, Sarcoma Center Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
EMPOWER YOURSELF!
Whether you’re a newly diagnosed GI Stromal patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor’s and patient’s views, 100 Questions & Answers About Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.
Download GIST patient guide
Produced by Das Lebenshaus