During the pandemic and in September 2020, Jess Ly was diagnosed with GIST cancer. The Life Raft Group (LRG) community, her GIST friends, and the cancer community welcomed her with open arms. Now she's running a half marathon to raise awareness and funds for #GISTresearch!
LRG Medical Advisory Board Member and GIST Specialist Dr. Neeta Somaiah shares on her life as a sarcoma specialist.
The Life Raft Group is celebrating our 20th anniversary as a nonprofit in 2022. Our Time to Tell the Stories features honor this legacy. GISTer Donald Prestage shares his story.
The Life Raft Group is launching two new private Facebook Support Groups for patients and their caregivers. These two groups are designed to provide a safe forum to discuss specific concerns in a closed [...]
PIGA FERNÁNDEZ, LRG GLOBAL CONSULTANT, GLOBAL GIST DIR., EXEC. DIRECTOR FUNDACIÓN GIST CHILE I was invited to participate in this symposium organized by the Civil Society of Uruguay, together with almost 30 [...]
Cogent Biosciences partnered with the LRG to create a GIST Mosaic mural to raise awareness for GIST, promote hope, and to honor our patient/caregiver/advocate community.
This GIST DO IT Walk was held at Life Fest New Orleans 2022 to raise GIST Awareness and honor the memory of GISTer Ted Wolf - See the photo gallery of the walk.
The Life Raft Group was recently part of team of authors on a collaborative position paper entitled 'Undetected KIT and PDGFRA mutations: an under-recognised cause of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) incorrectly classified as wild-type published' in Pathology: The Journal of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia.
The Life Raft Group partnered with Dr. Michael Wagner of the University of Washington to present “The Importance of Biomarker Testing” to GIST patients and caregivers on August 12th, 2022.
Dr. Jason SIcklick, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center presented The Role of Surgery in GIST Treatment/Neoadjuvant & Adjuvant Therapy at Life Fest 2022 in New Orleans.
