Life with cancer is like tossing all your dreams, goals and achievements into a bag, shaking it up and dumping it onto the floor to be stomped upon. Some say I was lucky to get my diagnosis at age 16, before I had a career or a family to support.
David Josephy On behalf of The Life Raft Group USA and Life Raft Group Canada, I attended the Sarcoma & GIST 2016 meeting organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) [...]
Join The Life Raft Group on May 12, 2016, for our second annual whisky fundraiser, Water of Life! This year, the event will be held at Midtown Loft and Terrace in New York City. [...]
Navigating the waters of medical treatment can be not only confusing, but also potentially deadly. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, one in seven Medicare patients in hospitals experiences a medical error. [...]
In a recent article in Cure Today, LRG Marketing Director, Erin Kristoff, details the importance of side effects management and the role the LRG plays in helping to extend survival and to improve the [...]
Rebecca Theresa Harper was born January 24, 1951 in Atchison, KS to Victor Edmond and Pauline Mary (Maday) Kesse and after a long and faith-filled fight with cancer, died March 14, 2016 in Kansas [...]
Please join us in welcoming as the newest member of the Life Raft Group Board of Directors. As an LRG member, Teena has been an advocate for GIST patients since joining the LRG in [...]
The Life Raft Group is excited to announce its 8th anniversary of our biennial Life Fest conference, which gives patients and caregivers the opportunity to gather for a weekend of camaraderie, unique access [...]
Although GIST is among the few rare diseases that has available drug therapy treatment options, the cost of these lifesaving medications can sometimes impose deep financial hardship, depending on the terms of the patient’s [...]
The digestive system is a group of organs that work together to feed the entire body by converting food into energy and basic nutrients. Food is ingested through the mouth; passed through the esophagus into the stomach; and filtered through the small intestine, pancreas and liver. Based on its particular function, each organ contributes in different ways to turn the food we eat into the nutrients we need.
