Help the LRG Decide Where to Hold Life Fest 2024!
This brief survey is to help us decide where to hold Life Fest 2024. Our choices are San Jose, CA; San Antonio,TX; and Atlanta, GA. Please weigh in on this and thoughts about our other events.
Join Us for the La Senda Verde Virtual Tour with Vicky Ossio!
Vicky Ossio shares her passion for rescuing & rehoming animals confiscated due to illegal trafficking & habitat destruction with a tour of La Senda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary in Bolivia.
Night to Fight Cancer Is Officially Back in New York City!
After three long years, the Annual Night to Fight Cancer benefiting the LRG's research programs, hosted by Jerry Cudzil and Matthew Knopman, took place in-person on October 20th, 2022 at Midtown Loft and Terrace in New York City.
Water of Life Fall Event
The Life Raft Group & Dr. Matthew Lurin hosted the 5th Water of Life Fall Event, the WOLF. This annual "Once in a Lifetime" event is a gathering of several philanthropic whisky enthusiasts, as well as some of the greatest brands.
It’s Time to Tell The Stories: Our Good News – Kay
Our Good News Holiday Campaign is the culmination of our year of "Time to Tell the Stories 2022." In this series, we celebrate the connections, the celebrations, the events and milestones that we’ve been privileged to be a part of this year. Kay Stolzer shares about LRG Events.
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.
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!
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.