GIST Awareness Day 2020 – Hungary
András Szekfü, of Budapest, Hungary, shares his GIST journey in this video for GIST Awareness Day, a day set aside to bring awareness of this disease.
Making the Right Decisions in Tough Times
Amelia Yeo, LRG Country Liaison for Singapore and GIST caregiver, describes how she and her husband are doing during this global health pandemic.
Deciphera Announces Health Canada’s Authorization of QINLOCK™ (ripretinib) for the Treatment of 4L Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCPH) today announced that Health Canada has authorized QINLOCK™ (ripretinib), a switch-control tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for sale in Canada for the treatment of adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have received prior treatment with imatinib, sunitinib, and regorafenib.
QINLOCK (ripretinib) – aprobado como cuarta línea de tratamiento para GIST
La FDA aprobó QINLOCKTM (ripretinib) para el tratamiento de adultos con tumor avanzado del estroma gastrointestinal (GIST) que han recibido 3 o más tratamientos previos para su GIST.
Estado de los tratamientos GIST
Medicamentos actuales y emergentes “Existen muchas opciones terapéuticas disponibles, pero sigue siendo un desafío hacer coincidir el medicamento correcto con el paciente correcto” Recuerdo en mi memoria ... es junio de 2016, y acabo [...]
Salud con Datos Produces Unique Analysis of Chilean & Mexican Patient Registries
This study is the result of a collaborative effort between Chile and Mexico, called Salud con Datos that sought to determine GIST prevalence, patients’ clinical characteristics and survival rates. Our report is the largest of its kind in Latin America.
How to Balance Your Diet During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nutritional status plays a very important role in the prevention and treatment of contagious and non-contagious diseases. In the frame of a health contingency, the use of strategies that strengthen our nutritional status and immune system is essential.
Experiencias de Italia con COVID-19
Nuestro colaborador global, Alianza GIST comparte el artículo "El tratamiento de pacientes con cáncer y la contención de COVID-19: experiencias de Italia "por el Dr. Giuseppe Curigliano publicado en el ASCO Daily News. Este artículo también está disponible en inglés.
Cancer vs. Coronavirus
Dr. Breelyn Wilky, Director of Sarcoma Translational Research at the University of Colorado Cancer Center shares about Cancer vs. Coronavirus in her latest blog post covering hospital visits, keeping appointment scans, and risk factors for GIST patients.
New GIST Treatments by Prof. Merimsky
New GIST Treatments by Prof. Merimsky
Case Panel with Prof. Merimsky, Prof. Klausner and Dr. Shamai
Case analysis in GIST during a seminar for GIST Patients at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov).
Global Representative Spotlight – Amelia Yeo
I was a piano teacher and performing pianist for the past 13 years but stopped work completely this year so I could spend more time with Andrew and see to his needs. We were so lost in the beginning because we did not know what to expect, due to the relative rarity of GISTs.