GIST DO IT NJ – Walking for a Cure with LRG Members & Friends
On Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 8:00 am, The LRG is hosting our first GIST DO IT Walk in New Jersey, at Verona Park. This fundraiser for #GISTresearch is being held in loving memory [...]
Patient of the Month for April: Brett Fisher
As a part of our Faces of Courage series, we are featuring a patient story each month. Each one of our members has a unique story to tell, but they all reflect the intrinsic [...]
The Big Easy – Cancelled
The Life Raft Group is pleased to announce that Life Fest 2020 will be held in The Big Easy! SAVE THE DATE! July 10 - 12, 2020 With the spirit of New Orleans [...]
Un Hígado vivo
Monitoreando la salud del hígado con GIST El hígado (liver), ubicado debajo de la caja toráxica derecha, es el órgano interno más grande del cuerpo y actúa como una fábrica que regula la digestión, [...]
GIST Virtual Tumor Board – LRG Science
PDF is available of LRG Science to print here. An oncologist in Chennai, India, 8,366 miles away from the Life Raft Group’s Wayne, New Jersey office, is running out of treatment [...]
GIST Laugh Headliner Andrea Shedler Delivers a Comedic Success!
Comedy Fundraiser Raises over $4K for GIST Research March 8th, 2019 marked the night of our first GIST Laugh comedy show held at the Town Tavern in Washington, D.C. Our host for the show, [...]
The Life Raft Group Patient Registry in Review 2018
Click on image to see Patient Registry in Review 2018 The Life Raft Group has played an instrumental role in bridging the gap between patients with valuable clinical Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) [...]
Jonathan Trent, MD, GIST Specialist, Visits Colombia for the First Symposium of Personalized Medicine and Immunotherapy
By Jairo Becerra, Vice President, Fundación GIST Colombia Left to right: Dr. Jorge Otero (Oncologist), Jairo Becerra, (Vice President Fundación GIST Colombia) Dr. Jonathan Trent (Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami), Adriana Maria Garzón, [...]
Patient of the Month for March: Cynthia Pearce
As part of our Faces of Courage Series, we are featuring a patient story on the 13th of each month. Why is the number 13 significant? 5,000 people are diagnosed with GIST each year [...]
National Integrated Cancer Control Act Approved in the Philippines
WE DID IT! National Integrated Cancer Control Act is Approved! Contributed by Rod Padua / President, Touched By Max PHILIPPINES In a country of 104 million, there are approximately 141,021 new cancer cases in [...]