OUR MISSION:
Enhancing survival and quality of life for people living with GIST through patient-powered research, education and empowerment, and global advocacy efforts.
These are our Core Values:
PATIENT
Leverage patient perspective to drive innovative solutions in cancer research.
POWERED
Educate and empower patients to take a larger role in their care.
SCIENCE
Accelerate research outcomes through collaborative efforts.
FOR LIFE
Increase access to effective treatments worldwide.
Real World Evidence In Action
PROJECT InterGR
Traditional models for cancer research have resulted in many breakthrough treatments for patients, but it is not enough. Project InterGR, the LRG’s approach to research through real world evidence, relies on timely, accurate data from the patient’s perspective, with patient survival as the primary objective.
RECENT LRG DATA
Did you know that GIST is actually a family of cancers? Learn more about the science of GIST.
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Available GIST clinical trials.
Search our database of GIST Specialists.
Dr. Monica Anderson
Diagnosed in 2012 with Adult GIST.
Marc Wasserman
Diagnosed in 2006 with Adult GIST.
Bella Rocco
Diagnosed in 2009 with Pediatric
(SDH-Deficient) GIST.
HELP US SAVE LIVES
The Life Raft Group is a community and it is up to all of us to make a difference. There are many ways to help, we always need patient tissue and data in our registry. Volunteering your time or making a monetary donation also helps us drive research forward and save lives.
GIST Virtual Tumor Board – LRG Science
PDF is available of LRG Science to print here. An oncologist in Chennai, India, 8,366 miles away from the Life Raft Group’s Wayne, New Jersey office, is running out of treatment [...]
LRG Webcast: GI Stromal Tumors: A PatholoGIST’s Point of View
GI Stromal Tumors: A PatholoGIST's Point of View Mutational Testing in GIST Mutational Testing in GIST is a vital component for [...]
Un Hígado vivo
Monitoreando la salud del hígado con GIST El hígado (liver), ubicado debajo de la caja toráxica derecha, es el órgano interno [...]
GIST Virtual Tumor Board – LRG Science
PDF is available of LRG Science to print here. An oncologist in Chennai, India, 8,366 miles away from [...]
GIST Laugh Headliner Andrea Shedler Delivers a Comedic Success!
Comedy Fundraiser Raises over $4K for GIST Research March 8th, 2019 marked the night of our first GIST Laugh comedy show [...]
The Life Raft Group Patient Registry in Review 2018
Click on image to see Patient Registry in Review 2018 The Life Raft Group has played an instrumental role [...]
LRG Webcast: The Biology of GIST – What Every Patient Needs to Know
Wondering what in the world Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) is? Longtime friend of the Life Raft Group and LRG Science Team [...]
Jonathan Trent, MD, GIST Specialist, Visits Colombia for the First Symposium of Personalized Medicine and Immunotherapy
By Jairo Becerra, Vice President, Fundación GIST Colombia Left to right: Dr. Jorge Otero (Oncologist), Jairo Becerra, (Vice President Fundación [...]
Patient of the Month for March: Cynthia Pearce
As part of our Faces of Courage Series, we are featuring a patient story on the 13th of each month. Why [...]
