Unfortunately many people experience diarrhea as a result of following their cancer treatment. Here are a few tips and strategies to help control and possibly even eliminate your diarrhea. Diarrhea Coping Strategies: Eat small meals; [...]
Insomnia, or the inability to fall/stay asleep, can be a side effect of your treatment for cancer. The good news is that there are many options to help insomnia. Insomnia Coping Strategies: Try not to [...]
Dry skin is a common problem among GIST patients. There are many things that you can do to alleviate dry skin caused by GIST treatment. Keep reading for more info. Dry Skin Coping Strategies: Using [...]
Necrosis of the jaw has been reported to occur in some patients receiving bisphophonate therapy. There have been several reports of possible drug interaction between sunitinib (Sutent) and bisphophonates that significantly increases the risk of necrosis [...]
Between fifty to seventy percent of GIST patients participating in Gleevec clinical trials are reported to have edema according to the Life Raft Group survey (October, 2001) and www.gleevec.com. Edema can develop in different [...]
Mouth sores, or stomatitis as it is referred to in medical textbooks, can develop as a result of cancer treatment. There are many ways to help prevent and reduce the occurrence of mouth sores. How [...]
Increased tearing, or epiphoria, can be a side effect of your GIST treatment. There are a number of strategies to cope with increased tearing. Keep reading for more information. Here are a few strategies [...]
Hand and Foot Syndrome coping strategies. Although targeted cancer therapies are generally considered to have less side effects than traditional chemotherapy, the need to take these drugs for extended time periods (in many cases [...]
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.
