GIST 31 Wishes Coming True: Welcoming New State Leaders
Wishes do come true. As part of our GIST 31 Wishes campaign, Assistant Program Director Mildred Menos’ wish was for every state in the US to be represented with one or more LRG leaders so [...]
Cancerversary
We have three featured LRG members who are celebrating a cancerversary in February.Monica F. Anderson, D.D.S“In the three years since I was diagnosed I have learned a lot about GIST and a lot about myself. [...]
Pat Lemeshka, Loving Wife, Mother And Grandmother
Patricia “Pat” Lemeshka passed away on December 31, 2014. Pat was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of the late Pat and Mike Murray. She was raised on Smith Hill and in Breakwater [...]
In Loving Memory Of Mark Stanke, LRG Member
Mark Alan Stanke, 52, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., left this world on Friday, December 19, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by the family and friends he loved. Husband of Elizabeth, father of [...]
UK Pulls Stivarga From Cancer Drug Fund Endangering GIST Patients
The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has announced plans to halt funding through the Cancer Drug Fund for regorafenib (Stivarga), thereby preventing GIST patients from having access to this life-saving medication.We at [...]
Protein Complex Believed To Be Cancer-Causing Gene
A recent study from MD Anderson provides insight into a protein complex that plays a significant role in cancer.In the study at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer center, similarities were drawn between bean [...]
Fundacion GIST Advocates for Rare Disease Day In Mexico
LRG's Rodrigo Salas, member of the Board of Directors, was interviewed on Televisa Monterrey as part of Fundacion GIST Mexico's citizen initiative to have February 28 declared "Rare Disease Day" in their home state [...]
GIST 31 wishes highlight the holiday season: Days 24-31
GIST 31 Wishes...what does that mean? Every day, whether consciously or not, we make a wish for the future. Something we hope happens, something we hope doesn't, something we really want. We at LRG HQ [...]
GIST 31 wishes light the holiday season – Days 17-23
GIST 31 Wishes...what does that mean? Every day, whether consciously or not, we make a wish for the future. Something we hope happens, something we hope doesn't, something we really want. We at LRG HQ [...]
Artist Ellen Mayer featured in Hope Murals Project
Ellen Mayer, LRG member, recently participated in the Lilly Oncology On Canvas Art Competition in Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station. Individual artists were invited to tell the story of their cancer journey on [...]