It’s Time to Tell The Stories: Our Good News – Events
Our Good News Holiday Campaign is the culmination of our year of "Time to Tell the Stories 2022." Your donations help us create events to educate and empower our LRG community.
It’s Time to Tell The Stories: Our Good News – Giving Tuesday
Our Good News Holiday Campaign is the culmination of our year of "Time to Tell the Stories 2022." Today is Giving Tuesday!
It’s Time to Tell The Stories: Our Good News – Giving Tuesday All Year Long
Our Good News Holiday Campaign is the culmination of our year of "Time to Tell the Stories 2022." Giving Tuesday All Year Long!
It’s Time to Tell The Stories: Our Good News – Support
Our Good News Holiday Campaign is the culmination of our year of "Time to Tell the Stories 2022." We're celebrating Support Services this week.
Our Latest Publication Focused on Mutational Testing
The LRG published "Barriers to mutational testing in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) – a survey of Life Raft Group members" in BMC Gastroenterology, November 2022.
Surgical Considerations in GIST
In this webinar. Dr. Andrew Blakely, surgical oncologist, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, NIH, discussed the basics of surgical removal of primary GISTs and considerations in multimetastatic disease.
The Emerging Role of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
In this webinar, “The Emerging Role of Circulating Tumor DNA in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor”, Dr. Bialick discussed recent data looking at treatment outcomes based off KIT resistant mutations identified by circulating tumor DNA in patients with GIST.
Jess Ly Runs for the Cause – A Half Marathon for the LRG & GIST Awareness
During the pandemic and in September 2020, Jess Ly was diagnosed with GIST cancer. The Life Raft Group (LRG) community, her GIST friends, and the cancer community welcomed her with open arms. Now she's running a half marathon to raise awareness and funds for #GISTresearch!
New Private Facebook Discussion Groups
The Life Raft Group is launching two new private Facebook Support Groups for patients and their caregivers. These two groups are designed to provide a safe forum to discuss specific concerns in a closed [...]
Cogent Biosciences GIST Mosaic at Life Fest 2022
Cogent Biosciences partnered with the LRG to create a GIST Mosaic mural to raise awareness for GIST, promote hope, and to honor our patient/caregiver/advocate community.