Life Rafter and GIST survivor David Safford is hosting a benefit concert on Valentine’s Day to raise funds and awareness for the LRG’s research project Pathway to a Cure. After being diagnosed with GIST, Dave [...]
Written by Helga Schnorf On April 23, 2010, ninety GIST patients, relatives, GIST experts, and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry attended the Seventh meeting of the Swiss GIST group. Special guests included Anna Costato from Italy, [...]
On November 18, the Life Raft Group’s Board President Jerry Cudzil hosted this year’s Seventh Annual Life Raft Group Poker Tournament at the Midtown Loft in New York City. With over seventy-five guests and ninety-five [...]
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Novartis Pharmaceuticals publication. The 8th annual "International New Horizons Conference for Organizations Representing People with CML or GIST" was held this year in Vösendorf, Austria, from June 18 to 20, [...]
It is the close knit community of GIST patients, families and friends that keeps the Life Raft Group afloat. As the hope of GIST patients and families continues to float in the arms of the [...]
This informative article about cancer tattoos was written by Belinda Ehrlich From hearts and flowers to skulls and daggers, tattoos grace the bodies of millions of people across the globe whether they are rock stars or [...]
My name is Stacey McAully and for those of you who don't know, I was the first pediatric diagnosis of GISTs in Scotland. I have had 2 serious surgeries and was on Gleevec for [...]
Getting the "GIST" of gastrointestinal stromal tumors Written by David Josephy The Life Raft Group has been pioneering the development of GIST online resources since its inception. Life Raft Group Canada relies heavily on the internet to overcome [...]
Written by Gabriella Tedone The Third National Italian Meeting of A.I.G. (Associazione Italiana GIST) was held at Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT), in Milan on Saturday, February 27, 2010. For the 99 patients and [...]
Researchers and staff from the Life Raft Group and representatives from Mexico’s science and medical community came together to commit to their mission of improving the survival of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients in Latin [...]
