The Life Raft Group was recently part of team of authors on a collaborative position paper entitled 'Undetected KIT and PDGFRA mutations: an under-recognised cause of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) incorrectly classified as wild-type published' in Pathology: The Journal of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia.
Recent articles have shed light on an issue of concern about counterfeits for patients who take imatinib myselate as part of their treatment for GIST.
GISTers, please consider participating in this awesome mosaic honoring all GIST thrivers that we're partnering with CogentBiosciences to create. Let's tell the world about GIST!
Life Fest has a roster of great GIST education programming but there's also time at the day's end to indulge in some local activities. Here's a list of some of the top attractions in NOLA.
El encuentro, organizado para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Concientización del GIST en conjunto con la Fundación GIST Chile, destacó la necesidad y la importancia del diagnóstico precoz y las terapias personalizadas para mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes.
The Life Raft Group hosts two monthly support groups - one specifically for GISTers and the other for Caregivers which meet twice a month- via Zoom.
It’s time to get ready for our Life Fest celebration in New Orleans! Here are the top ten reasons to attend.
The Life Raft Group Data Management & Research and Communications Team attended remotely to gain knowledge of current research in GIST and to track breaking news and social media networking. In this post, we present commentary on several presentations and posters.
In this webinar, Dr. Andrew Wagner and Dr. Herbert Loong summarize abstracts and presentations presented during the ASCO22 conference relevant to the GIST patient community.
Join the LRG team, renowned GIST experts, and fellow GISTers & family at Life Fest, July 29th-31st, in New Orleans, LA, and learn more about GIST in either of these two sessions: General or SDH.
