Cancerversaries: Sara Gould and Gerard van Oortmerssen
Sara Gould - Two Years "Two years into my GIST journey I am more positive about everything life offers. I want to celebrate each and every day I am alive. I want to see more of [...]
GIST Cancer Journal Winter 2015 Issue
The Life Raft Group is pleased to announce the release of the eighth issue of The GIST Cancer Journal, the official journal of the Life Raft Group and the first academic journal devoted solely [...]
GIST Patients: Top Ten Tips To Avoid The Flu
Fall and winter mark the beginning of the flu season which is a concern for GIST patients. Though the weather is extraordinarily warm in this early winter, it does not mean the temperatures [...]
Liquid Biopsy Holds Promise for Precision Medicine
In a recent release from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), it was reported that researchers have discovered that by analyzing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) through liquid biopsy that a patient's cancer can be tracked [...]
Top GIST Specialists Present at California GDOL
On Sunday, November 15, the last GDOL in the 2015 series was held in Orange County, California at the Fullerton Arboretum. GDOL stands for GIST Day of Learning, a free, one-day program that [...]
Gerardo “Jerry” Marra, Renaissance Man, Man of Faith
Gerardo Jerry Marra, age 58 of Woodcliff Lake (Paramus) NJ passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015. Born in Italy, he was the son of Donato & Anita Marra. The beloved husband of Anna Marie [...]
Genetic Alliance Event Invites Collaboration
Genetic Alliance recently held an event in Chapel Hill, N.C. that brought together patient advocates, scientists and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry in a unique “speed-dating” format. Disease advocacy organizations were invited to present briefly [...]
Society for Integrative Oncology Holds 12th Annual Conference in Boston
The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) was developed to advance evidence based, comprehensive, integrative healthcare to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. The 12th Annual SIO Conference was held in Boston in [...]
Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Annual Meeting Update
Today’s researchers estimate that there are over 200 classified cancers today and that one out of three people will be affected by it at some stage in their life. With the extreme prevalence of cancer [...]