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Wildtype Track at Life Fest 2016 Provided Informative Sessions
The following are summaries of two of the Wild Type GIST parallel track sessions at Life Fest, 2016, submitted by Rebecca Bensenhaver of GSI International. "I was fortunate to be able to attend Life [...]
Life Fest 2016 Gallery
This year, Life Fest was celebrated July 15 – July 17. We incorporated the celebration of GIST Awareness Day at the Redondo Beach Marriott in Torrance, California. This year’s theme Our theme for Life Fest [...]
Update on Blueprint Medicines Clinical Trial for BLU-285
Recently a number of companies have begun to develop therapeutic options that target some of the rarer mutations in GIST. As there are currently no approved treatments specifically for these patients, this [...]
Life Fest: Vicky Ossio’s Story
Dear friends, I would like to share a short story: My daughter Carolina was diagnosed with GIST back in January 2006, in Dallas, Texas.. She was 27 years old then. We were lucky enough [...]
Join Us for Life Fest 2016!
The Life Raft Group is super excited for our Life Fest Celebration on July 15-17 at the Torrance Marriott in beautiful Redondo Beach California. Life Fest is the LRG's biennial convention that [...]
Life Fest 2016 – The Gift of Time
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 [...]
Presentations
Cutting Edge Treatment: Can immunotherapy work for GIST?
Ronald P. DeMatteo MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Healthy Mind Platter: “Mental Nutrients” to Nourish and Balance your Brain
Katherine Puckett, PhD, LCSW Chief, Division of Mind-Body Medicine Cancer Treatment Centers of America®(CTCA)
The Life Raft Group – Advancing Health Data to Find a Cure
Michelle Durborow – Senior Director Scientific Affairs & Research
The Life Raft Group
Treatment Paradigms for Primary and Resistant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Arun S. Singh, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine UCLA, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Videos
The Role of Integrative Medicine in Cancer Treatment – Dr. David Wong
Dr. Wong presents the concept of Integrative Medicine, which combines evidence-based mainstream medical therapies with non-conventional complementary therapies to achieve health.
Current Clinical Management of GIST – Dr. Arun Singh
View Other Life Fest 2016 Videos
Life Fest 2016 – Monica Anderson – Story of Hope
Dr. Monica "mOe" Anderson inspires us through sharing her own personal journey of health challenges to surviving, thriving and loving life at the Life Fest 2016 conference.