Diana Nieves will be chatting with a group of fundraisers from our community who have combined GIST advocacy with a personal passion in their lives to raise funds for GIST research. We are grateful [...]
Jim Hughes outlines the importance of patients/caregivers researching their cancer in order to best advocate for themselves.
Dr. Herbert Loong will summarize abstracts and presentations that were presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) which is an important conference in the oncology community where new scientific research updates are shared.
July 13th, GIST Awareness Day, is a time when GIST experts, patients, and caregivers come together to educate the public about this disease and advocate for finding a cure. The Life Raft Group invites [...]
Dr. Weiss of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will provide an overview of GIST treatments and side effects as well as home management for each type of symptom.
Dr. Kim of Mount Sinai Medical Center will describe various locoregional therapies and their appropriate uses, as well as the role of locoregional therapies and systemic therapy in treating GIST when it metastasizes in the liver.
Dr. Suzanne George of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will review emerging data from the first-in-human StrateGIST 1 trial of IDRX-42 in patients with advanced GIST.
Michelle Harris and Calvin Chao of Tempus will discuss the importance of biomarker testing in GIST, the process of biomarker testing, how to get testing done for free through The LRG, and more.
Dr. Alcindor will discuss scientific updates relevant to GIST patients that were exhibited at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) conference.
Dr. Candace Haddox will present an overview of the Phase II SARC044 Clinical Trial.