GIST Awareness Day – Celebrating Life
GIST Awareness Day is celebrated on July 13, started by The Life Raft Group in 2014 to bring awareness and raise funds for GIST research.
Día del aprendizaje sobre GIST en español
El día del aprendizaje sobre Los Tumores del Estroma Gastrointestinal (GIST) es un evento gratuito diseñado para pacientes y cuidadores, donde pueden informarse sobre este cáncer poco común, encontrar apoyo y fortalecer su conocimiento para afrontar su camino contra el GIST.
Creating Your Personal Cancer Survival Plan
This Personal Cancer Survival Plan is based upon practical observations gained from my experience [Norman Scherzer] of keeping my wife alive with a rare cancer called GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) for 22 years after she was given six months to live, and hundreds of patient medical histories and stories that come across The Life Raft Group forums and medical databases.
GIST DO IT Walk 2018 Gallery
Our first ever GIST DO IT Walk took place on the morning of July 15, 2018 at Margaret Pace Park in Miami, Florida. Patients, caregivers, doctors, friends, families, and virtual participants walked to raise funds [...]
Innovative Approach in GIST Research in the Era of Precision Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian and the Life Raft Group have entered into a collaborative effort to advance research to find a cure for GIST using a novel therapeutic approach and patient-driven data. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Living With GIST – GAD 2015 Webcast
A presentation to commemorate the 2nd Annual GIST Awareness Day The Life Raft Group hosted a distinguished panel of experts on GIST Awareness Day to share their knowledge in areas of GIST treatment and management. This [...]