It's #TimeToGetTested. Understanding the role of mutations and biomarker testing is one of most important things patients must learn. It's time to bring together educates physician's about the importance of biomarker testing.
South Korean GISTer Dae Shik Kang, 62 years old, walked 430km (267 miles) to share hope and courage. Today Dae is still spreading hope & staying healthy.
Each member has a unique story, but all reflect the intrinsic courage of one facing the challenge of GIST. Pamela Trovato Nau shares her story.
This video is about the new treatment updates for advanced GIST. It is presented by William D. Tap, MD.
It's #TimeToGetTested. Understanding the role of mutations and biomarker testing is one of most important things patients must learn. It's time to bring together our physician community to raise their voices! In this post, we present out Biomarker Declaration for GIST pertaining to testing.
GISTer Tara Hammond's daughter, Kate, ran a bake sale and a Facebook fundraiser to raise money for The Life Raft Group called "Bake Sale for GIST Cancer!"
As part of our 'It's Time' campaign, we are sharing Blueprint Medicines's tools for talking to your doctor about biomarker/mutational testing.
This video contains information about the management of metastatic GIST presented by Dr. Aimee Crago.
On May 4th the LRG held a lively discussion with three long-term survivors, Erin McBean, John Abrams, and Dr. mOe Anderson. Diagnosed at different stages of life, with different mutations, these GISTers shared how they have thrived with GIST over ten years and counting.
If you know your mutation, you have a better chance of getting the most effective treatment more quickly, and increasing your survival time. Knowledge makes an empowered patient and an empowered patient asks and researches their disease.
