Our 20/20 Challenge Continues!
Join this Matching Gift Challenge for June 17th! A generous LRG donor has challenged The Life Raft Group with raising $3K by Friday, June 17th.
Efectos de la Nutrición y la Microbiota Intestinal en pacientes con GIST
TE INVITA A LA REUNIÓN DE PACIENTES PARA CONVERSAR SOBRE:"Efectos de la Nutrición y la Microbiota Intestinal en pacientes con GIST". La Sra. Carbajal-López describió los beneficios de una nutrición adecuada, la relación entre la nutrición y los procedimientos quirúrgicos, el vínculo entre el microbioma y el cáncer, y el ejercicio. 07 junio.
Join The Life Raft Group 20/20 Challenge!
As part of our 2022 “It’s Time to Tell the Stories” theme and as the LRG celebrates 20 years as a non-profit, we are committed to raising $20,000 by Life Fest New Orleans (July 29-31st) with this 20-20 Challenge.
Effects of Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome in GIST Patients
The Life Raft Group partnered with Fundación GIST México to host “Effects of Nutrition and Gut Microbiome in GIST Patients” on May 4th, 2022, presented by Ms. Berenice Carbajal-López.
Genetics and Genomics Testing – An ECPC E-module
The European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) has published an e-module on Genetics and Genomics Testing in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Preview of ASCO 2022 GIST Abstracts & Presentations
ASCO’s Annual Meeting will feature GIST in 18 abstracts, posters, panels, and presentations. Here is a preview of the topics that will be presented at the conference in June.
Navigating GIST NCCN Guidelines
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) creates guidelines for different diseases to guide physicians in their clinical practice. In this webinar, Dr. von Mehren will educate GIST patients and caregivers about these guidelines and provide some case study examples of how guidelines fit into the rubric of patient care.
GIST Do It Walk NJ 2022 Gallery
Verona Park, Verona, NJ was the site of the third GIST Do It Walk NJ on April 9th. Patients, caregivers, family, friends and LRG staff gathered and walked to support #GISTresearch.
We stand with Ukraine. We stand with cancer patients.
International access to cancer treatment can be challenging. Access to effective treatment in a time of war provides a an even more daunting challenge.
Rare Cancers: Great Unmet Medical Needs
Join medical professionals and the patient advocacy community on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 for a CME conference, “Rare Cancers: Great Unmet Medical Needs” hosted by Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research.