Injury to the kidneys can occur for a variety of reasons in patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). In some cancers, such occurrence may be associated with the cancer treatment, radiation, or the disease itself. To some extent, comorbidities and concomitant treatment as well as lifestyle associated risk factors have also been linked to kidney […]
Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, kidney disease, Kidney Toxicities
Fundacion GIST Chile was invited by the Federation of Rare Diseases in Chile (FECHER) to participate in a meeting where the main topic was the need of a Rare Diseases Law in Chile. The meeting took place in Santiago, in a building that for many years was the Congress venue, and still hosts main parliamentary […]
Federation of Rare Disease in Chile, Fundación GIST Chile, GIST Advocacy, Piga Fernandez, Rare Disease Advocacy, Rare Disease Law
In honor of our H.E.R.O. campaign, we are profiling our GIST Superheroes By Belinda Gist, Guest Contributor Romans 12:12 “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer…” Let me introduce you to Cindy Farr. Cindy’s super power is her faith. Having become a Christian in her teenage years, Cindy has always sought God’s guidance and […]
Cindy Farr, GIST Superhero, Member Story
The Life Raft Group became a formal non-profit on June 10, 2002. Begun as a grass roots effort by a group of men and women with a deadly cancer in 2000, by the year 2002, due to the success of the breakthrough targeted treatment STI-571 (imatanib), we were ready to take on the mission […]
15 Year celebration, Advocacy, Columbia Project, Expert Patient Training, GDOL, Gift of Time, GIST Collaborative Tissue Bank, GIST research, Patient Registry, The Life Raft Group, Virtual Tumor Board