Diagnosis

Institute of Medicine Report Findings on Diagnostic Error

A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare, outlines findings on the state of diagnostic error in our healthcare system. A follow-up to the 2000 landmark study, To Err [...]

By |2019-09-24T12:54:22-04:00October 7th, 2015|Diagnosis, News, Research|

Understanding How GISTs Develop Enables Discovery of New Therapies

By Drs. Sebastian Bauer, West German Cancer Center, University of Essen, Germany and Jonathan Fletcher, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, LRG Research Team   Researchers talk plainly about microGISTs, how this cancer develops and what all [...]

By |2019-09-20T13:22:48-04:00January 23rd, 2013|Clinical Trials, Diagnosis, GIST Education, Mutations, News, Research|

PDGFRA Mutations: It’s time to consider mutational status for resistant GIST patients

January 6th, 2011 - By Jerry Call,  LRG Science CoordinatorThe first ever clinical trial specifically for the PDGFRA D842V mutation has been announced by Arog pharmaceuticals. The phase II trial is scheduled to open in [...]

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