Italian GISTers hold 4th national meeting Written by Gabriella Tedone A .I.G.’s (Associazione Italiana GIST) fourth national meeting was held at Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT) in Milan on February 26, 2011. The focus [...]
Go inside the Fletcher Science Lab at Brigham & Women's with David Josephy and Dr. Jonathan Fletcher. David Josephy is the President of Life Raft Group Canada, a member of the LRG Science Team, and [...]
“I learned a lot and feel so much better having the NIH team as an additional resource, “said LRG member, Anne Pacifico.
Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg today conducted an unusual one-on-one dialogue with leaders of approximately 60 patient organizations at a forum hosted by the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
The year 2010 is gone, an important year for the Latin American GIST Coalition. In 2010 the Monterrey Declaration was signed during the first summit meeting of the group. The group had the privilege of meeting the LRG research team, who works on a daily basis to find the cure for GIST.
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal (GI ASCO) Symposium January 20, 2011, researchers reported progression-free and overall survival benefit in newly diagnosed advanced GIST patients in an ongoing Masitinib (AB1010) Phase II trial in France.
Bayer initiates a randomized Phase III trial of Regorafenib in GIST: On January 10, 2011 Bayer Healthcare in Berlin, Germany announced the initiation of a randomized phase III trial of Regorafenib (BAY 73-4506) for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor patients.
Two human cancer cells seen just before they divide into four cells, viewed at 100x magnification. From the Nikon International Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Ellen Rosenthal, Michigan Local Group Coordinator, had this to say about their latest local group meeting, “In attendance at the September 23 Michigan LRG meeting were Abbas and Zahrina Patni, Lynne Newman, Jim Martin, Helen [...]
According to Colorado Coordinator, Jerry Call, “The October Colorado meeting went very well. “There was some eating and drinking and lots of laughs in addition to a few sorrows. It seems that there is a [...]
