An intimate group of GIST patients and supporters living in the area gathered to reconnect with and meet other GISTers and exchange each other’s experiences as well as the various technological and medical advancements and options available to them.
The Life Raft Group is hosting an online shopping event in collaboration with our dedicated volunteer photographer Kim Tallau and Touchstone Crystals Jewelry (a member of the Swarovski Group). You can shop their online store from now until December 20 with 15 percent of all sales going towards helping the LRG achieve its goal of curing GIST and to helping those living with it until then.
On November 3, 2011, the twelfth Edi film prize for the best advertising, industrial and corporate films was awarded in the Schiffbauhalle in Zurich. Our film, “Life with GIST” won a Silver Edi in the “Corporate: Internal Communication & Training” section.
The Bill Buchanan Life Raft GIST Support Group held its first meeting on Saturday, October 22 at the John Stroger Hospital of Cook County located in Chicago. This program was mentored by the LRG and made possible by the wishes of the late Bill Buchanan.
We would like to thank all New Jersey GISTers who joined us on November 12 for the NJ Chapter meeting at the Life Raft Group office. Special gratitude goes out to Dr. William Tap (second from [...]
I think it's important to give back and hopefully as a Texas Rep. for GIST I'll be able to help others. When I was first diagnosed with GIST, it was the most stressful period in [...]
One of those things is to run a marathon. At the Battle of Marathon, the legend of the runner Pheidippides was born, as his running from Marathon to Athens declaring "We are victorious" and dying of exhaustion immediately. It was hailed as the farthest a man could run before he died.
Many of us have been lucky enough to have reached a plateau of successful treatment, and in reaching this level, we may have become complacent about our care; but it is important to be proactive to ensure that we are receiving proper treatment.
From June 15 through June 17, 2011, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted the seventh annual Pediatric and wildtype GIST Clinic. Ten patients from across the United States and Canada attended, accompanied by family members or friends. In total, 80 patients have participated in the NIH Pediatric GIST Clinic, 75 of whom have wildtype GIST. Thirty-five percent of patients have pediatric GIST, currently defined as diagnosis before the age of 19.
This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology conference (ASCO), held in Chicago in June, produced a number of interesting and informative GIST-relevant presentations. Below is an overview and we will be posting the rest of the articles very soon.
