The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) held a Rare Disease Summit in Washington, D.C. October 20019, hosting several thousand people comprised of patients, advocates, non-profit employees, health providers, IT developers, pharmaceutical staff, physicians and researchers, and representatives from government entities.
October's LRG newsletter features artist Douglas Morgan, who found himself with a rare GIST mutation and no treatment options until an innovative oncologist and a compassionate gesture by a pharmaceutical company gave him a chance to receive a unique treatment.
At 39-years-old, Fatema Suterwala was preparing to say goodbye to her husband and young son. Confused by this cruel twist of fate and wracked with pain, she was saved by a collaboration of medical [...]
On Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 8:00 am, The LRG is hosting our first GIST DO IT Walk in New Jersey, at Verona Park. This fundraiser for #GISTresearch is being held in loving memory [...]
The Life Raft Group is pleased to announce that Life Fest 2020 will be held in The Big Easy! SAVE THE DATE! July 10 - 12, 2020 With the spirit of New Orleans [...]
Dr. Breelyn Wilky answering questions on a panel of GIST experts at Life Fest Miami, 2018. Colorado, Clinical Trials & Immunotherapy Dr. Wilky, Director of Sarcoma Translational Research at the University of [...]
Ron & Kim Agypt The Life Raft Group welcomed Ron Agypt to the Board this month. Ron is a retired insurance executive, father of three, and grandfather of five. Ron and his [...]
Bryce Werner was a regular middle-schooler living an average 12-year-old life in Pennsylvania when suddenly everything was thrown wildly left of normal by a GIST diagnosis.
