A recent report from the National Institutes of Health Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Clinic, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that surgical resection for wildtype GIST should be restricted to the initial [...]
A recent study published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, presents important research findings for the 10-15% of GIST patients who lack mutations in KIT, PDGFRA, SDHX or RAS pathway indicators, the primary oncogenic [...]
In a recent press release, Loxo Oncology announced an update on the status of their TRK (tropomyosin receptor kinase) inhibitor drug, larotrectinib (LOXO-101). Larotrectinib targets the NTRK genes, which encode for the TRK kinases. [...]
Left to Right: Martin Wettstein, Dr. Michael Montemurro, Helga Meier Schnorf, Prof. Abbas Agaimy, Prof. Richard Herrmann GIST Group Switzerland, the support group for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), has awarded [...]
On November 26, 2016, patient advocacy organizations in Chile came together at the School of Medicine at the University of San Sebastian in Santiago, Chile for a seminar entitled "Clinical Studies, Clinical Guidelines and [...]
MaKayla Evens help kick off our holiday campaign. MaKayla Evans was diagnosed with Wild Type GIST in 2011, when she was 14 years old. She wanted to speak knowledgeably with her doctors [...]
Henzo Kenya is a patient support group made up of CML, GIST and recently added osteosarcoma patients. The need to support each other as patients inspired the great idea that is Henzo Kenya. Henzo [...]
Norman Scherzer, Executive Director The Life Raft Group at its core is a love story—a love shared between a husband and wife, a mother and daughter, a brother, a sister, parents, grandparents [...]
View our SideEQ article in our October issue The week of October 16 was a busy one for the Life Raft Group’s advocacy efforts. The week began with a trip to the [...]
Pediatrician and breast cancer survivor, Janet Sollod, gives a touching Time=Lives talk, "Approaching the Abyss." LRG staff members, Michelle Durborow and Erin Kristoff attended the Partnering for Cures 8th Annual Meeting hosted [...]
