Today is Giving Tuesday. #GIVINGTUESDAY is an opportunity to come together as a community to make an impact on the lives of GIST patients by helping to ensure their survival. It is a chance [...]
As part of our Faces of Courage Series, we are featuring a patient of the month on the 13th of each month. Why is the number 13 significant? 5,000 people are diagnosed with GIST each [...]
Our Global Consultant, Piga Fernández, Executive Director of Fundación GIST Chile has asked us to help support the passage of the National Cancer Law in Chile. In 2020, cancer will be the number one cause of death [...]
A cancer diagnosis at any age is life-changing, daunting, and difficult. It can be especially challenging for young adults, people ages 18-39, who are dealing with cancer while also navigating college, first careers, new relationships, starting families, and other young adult milestones. Every year, 70,000 young adults are diagnosed with cancer, and that doesn’t include those diagnosed as children who are now young adult survivors and thrivers. As a young adult with cancer, I know it can be hard finding other people who “get it.”
How to Make 2/3 = 1 (100%) In a recent discussion about the frequency of mutations in GIST, we noted that the most common mutation is KIT exon 11, which makes up about 2/3 [...]
Fall is finally here, and with it comes the onset of Flu Season. Flu is a difficult illness for everyone, but for cancer patients, it can be devastating. On average, 5 percent to 20 [...]
Patient of the Month: October As part of our Faces of Courage Series, we are featuring a patient of the month on the 13th of each month. Why is the number 13 [...]
Sharing health conditions with your employer can be a difficult yet important decision you may have to make. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with a serious health condition recently or you may always have had [...]
Norman J. Scherzer of the Life Raft Group presenting the Pediatric & SDH-Deficient GIST Consortium at the Biden Cancer Summit. Learn More about the Pediatric & SDH-Deficient GIST Consortium [...]
WAYNE, N.J. and WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2018) - The Life Raft Group announces at the Biden Cancer Summit a new initiative to strengthen and advance research for effective treatments of a rare subset of [...]
