Save the Date: GIST Awareness Day July 13
On July 13th, the Life Raft Group will be celebrating the third annual GIST Awareness Day! Every year, our goal is to increase awareness about GIST worldwide. This year, we are celebrating GAD with our [...]
Cancerversary – Angela Howell
I was diagnosed with a kit positive GIST cancer on June 10, 2005 at the age of 44. At the time of my diagnosis, I was told that this cancer was a rare and aggressive [...]
2017 GDOLs Kick Off in Miami and New York City
Miami GDOL On Saturday, March 25th, The Life Raft Group held the first 2017 GIST Day of Learning, also known as “GDOL,” in Miami, Florida. GDOLs are free, one-day programs that provide both education [...]
The Life Raft Group Celebrates 15 Years of Accomplishments
The Life Raft Group became a formal non-profit on June 10, 2002. Begun as a grass roots effort by a group of men and women with a deadly cancer in 2000, by the year [...]
This is Not the End – A Survivor’s Story
A story about a cancer survivor recently appeared in the Washington Post: “This is not the end; Using immunotherapy and a genetic glitch to give cancer patients hope”. The story is about a young [...]
GIST Awareness Day (GAD) 2017 – Be a #Hero4Cancer
The LRG is gearing up for our third annual GIST Awareness Day (GAD) on July 13, 2017 with our theme, Be a #Hero4Cancer. GIST Awareness Day was created in 2014 with the goal of raising [...]
GIST Day of Learning Miami – Dr. Alan Livingstone
Dr. Alan Livingstone, from the Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami provided an informative session to attendees at The March 25th Miami GDOL. As part of a surgical panel, he enlightened participants with his [...]
GIST Day of Learning Miami – Dr. Breelyn Wilky
Dr. Breelyn Wilky provided an informative session about the role of the immune system in GIST and implications for future therapies to attendees at The March 25th Miami GDOL. GDOLs are free one-day [...]
GIST Day of Learning Miami – Lisa Marie Merheb
Lisa Marie Merheb, from the Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami, enlightened attendees with a session on support and direction as she spoke about Psychosocial implications at The March 25th Miami GDOL. GDOLs are [...]
GIST Day of Learning Miami – Sosipatros Boikos, MD
Sosipatros Boikos, MD from Massey Cancer Center in Richmond, Virginia spoke about advances and challenges in KIT/PDGRFA Wild Type GIST and implications for treatment. GDOLs are free-one day programs that provide both education and [...]