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.
Alianza GIST has set forth a plan to strengthen the coalition in Latin America. Keep reading for the official press release and more information about Alianza GIST.
New Horizons Participants in Miami, Fla. The 2013 New Horizons GIST conference was held at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in Miami, Florida from Wednesday, June 5th to Friday, June 7th. The conference [...]
This year’s Swiss GIST meeting on April 19 in Zurich was a special event. The board had started to plan early, as it wanted to offer a special program to commemorate the tenth anniversary. The [...]
