Caring for the Caregiver
Caring for the Caregiver focused on common challenges caregivers experience and how these challenges can often lead to burnout, while also highlighting the impact of COVID-19.
Perspectives in Biomarker Testing
This video is about understanding the role of mutations and biomarker testing in GIST. Knowing the driving force behind each individual’s tumors is not just important, it is critical in determining the most effective treatment for your mutation.
Thriving & Challenging Yourself While Living with GIST, Elyse, Part 1
GIST patients face many obstacles and challenges to get to a place where they’d say they were thriving. Physical challenges from surgeries, pain and side effects can severely change the lifestyle and activities they enjoyed before GIST. Elsye Walker and Stijn Belmans, faced those changes and decided they wouldn’t accept an altered version of life.
Thriving & Challenging Yourself While Living with GIST, Stijn, Part 2
GIST patients face many obstacles and challenges to get to a place where they’d say they were thriving. Physical challenges from surgeries, pain and side effects can severely change the lifestyle and activities they enjoyed before GIST. Elsye Walker and Stijn Belmans, faced those changes and decided they wouldn’t accept an altered version of life.
A Conversation with a Few of Our Global GIST Mentors
n June 2021, we trained seven LRG members from Austria, Canada, Chile, India, and Singapore. LRG’s Global GIST Mentors are survivors or caregivers who volunteer their time, energy, and talent to support others.
Common Side Effects & How to Manage Them
Every GIST patient (and person in general) is unique, however, there are some common issues that patients may face during their GIST journey.
Tissue Testing Project
The Life Raft Group (LRG) is providing you with this information to let you know that comprehensive genomic profiling, also known as biomarker testing or molecular testing, is a crucial step in understanding the genomic factors that play a role in a GIST diagnosis. Bayer Pharmaceuticals, in partnership with The Life Raft Group (LRG), has extended a research collaboration to broaden access to comprehensive genomic testing (CGT) for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) patients.
Flu Season 2021
Fall is finally here, and with it comes the onset of Flu Season. Flu is a difficult illness for everyone, but for cancer patients, it can be devastating. It is especially confusing in this year which continues to challenge everyone with the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its variants.
Conversations with the LRG: International GIST Mentors
On Thursday, October 7th at 2pm ET the LRG held “Conversations with the LRG". In this presentation, our Global GIST Mentors discussed the role of the GIST Mentor and how one can assist you on your GIST journey.
It’s Time to Rethink Placebos in Advanced GIST – LRG Science
In this issue of LRG Science: based on current studies, this article asserts the belief that placebos do not benefit patients with advanced disease.