Updated 2/9/2022 Muscle cramps can occur during cancer treatment, and it is a common side effect patients in our Patient Registry experience. GIST Treatments including Gleevec, Sutent, Stivarga, Qinlock and Ayvakit can cause a [...]
We had a good turnout at the Michigan LRG meeting on Saturday. Keep reading to learn more about the importance of local group meetings.
Life Raft Group, Canada has just issued Vol. 3, Issue 2, of its Newsletter. This issue is 8 pages in length, and features several interesting articles.
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals has launched a Phase 2 trial of Iclusig to treat GIST. Keep reading for all the details in the official press release.
Ralph Farmer of Greenwood, Indiana, passed away on April 20, 2013, following a courageous battle with GIST.
All of you who have been a part of The Life Raft Group for the past two years have had the pleasure of getting to know Christine Schaumburg.
Here is an overview of what Jim Hughes, Pete Knox and Jerry Call learned at ASCO. There will be a more in depth article to come.
Following recent coverage on patent protection rulings in India, Life Raft Group Executive Director, Norman Scherzer comments on what this might mean for cancer patients worldwide.
Pediatric GIST patient Jason DeLorenzo welcomes a baby boy! Jill and Jason welcomed their firstborn son and first child, Simon Joseph. He was born at 6:58am on 3/24/13. 6 lbs. 11oz. 20 inches long. Simon is a wide-eyed, very attentive and curious baby.
Clarence Charles “Buddy” Coats Jr., 65, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at his home. He was buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. He was born June 3, 1946, to the late Bud and [...]
