The LRG is continually involved in advocacy efforts to increase government spending on cancer research. We have joined forces with other cancer agencies to once again urge Governor Chris Christie and the New Jersey Legislature to restore the $1 million budget appropriation
Today is Rare Disease day, and since GIST is a rare disease we felt it important to remind everyone to take action. The Life Raft Group works hard to advocate for & support our members and their loved ones, but we need your help.
A GIST Clinic has been announced by the National Institutes of Health. The upcoming "Pediatric and wildtype GIST Clinic" at the NIH is scheduled for June 27th-28th, 2013. There are spots available for the [...]
A recent study at Stanford University School of Medicine shows that an antibody slows GIST growth. The study shows that the antibody binds itself to the surface of a GIST Tumor and causes the growth of cancer cells to slow in the mice they tested.
Today is World Cancer Day, what are you doing to celebrate? Keep reading to learn how you can make a difference.
Here is a video we put together with clips of some of our staff and members sharing their favorite memories and accomplishments over the past 10 years. It is all about celebrating all we have done in such a short amount of time.
According to Dick Kinzig, organizer of the original group, “Six Life Rafters, two spouses and a daughter were able to make the meeting.” Since 2002 the group has been meeting three times a year at Wellness Place in Inverness, Illinois, 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Patients from all over the Chicago area including Central Illinois, NW Indiana, and Wisconsin have attended over the years.
Much of what made Bill a wonderful person cannot be articulated, it can only be felt. The subtle generous and supportive nuances of his character and quiet strength of his convictions comforted and compelled every person in his life. Without the tongue of Chaucer or the pen of Shakespeare, how do you explain what makes a man great?
Francis James Benninger of Durham died December 26, 2008, in his 58th year. Francis was the husband of Bertha (Koeslag) and father of Cara, Kait and Aaron.
