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 [...]
The Life Raft Group, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce that the second meeting of the NIH-LRG Virtual GIST Tumor Board was held on October 3, 2014. Virtual GIST [...]
The GIST Awareness Day Virtual Quilt Video was displayed at this years's Life Fest. GIST Awareness Day gave us the opportunity to recognize those impacted with GIST, sarcoma, or any type of cancer to [...]
Jayne Bressington, Patient Director of the PAWS-GIST Initiative & Trustee of GIST Support UK The first national Pediatric, Adolescent, Wild-type and Syndromic GIST (PAWS GIST) clinic in the United Kingdom was held on [...]
GIST Sarcoma Life Raft Group Canada held its 3rd Annual Day of Learning on October 18, 2014 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver, BC. Speakers includes Dr. [...]
Alianza GIST members from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain joined representatives from the Life Raft Group in Zurich, Switzerland from May 14 to 17. The major focus of the meeting was to develop a new methodology in order to move towards Alianza GIST autonomy.
With the beautiful mountains of Switzerland and Lake Zurich in the background, 44 GIST Patient representatives from 28 countries and 32 patient groups/organizations convened in Zurich for the New Horizons GIST meeting from May 14-17, 2014.
The 2014 Zurich Declaration Principles for the transition to “Generic Drugs” for GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors) Background and Purpose: GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) is a rare sarcoma, with an annual incidence of about 15 persons [...]
Indian generic drug quality has been questioned recently by a number of U.S. doctors. The concern stems from FDA recalls and import bans.
In early 2012, I was having gastric discomfort, so I took over-the-counter medication and it seemed to feel better.
