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The Impact of Clinical Trials on Treatment Options

Every Wednesday in 2024 will be dedicated to learning about the clinical trial process and to highlighting the groundbreaking clinical trials focused on gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). We understand the importance of staying informed [...]

By |2024-02-28T16:50:10-05:00February 28th, 2024|Clinical Trials, News|

LRG Webcast Series: GIST, TKI Treatment & Effects on Memory

This discussion reviewed CRCI in general, and how a person who is being treated for GIST could be affected. We also talked about strategies that can help ameliorate CRCI, new research on CRCI and GIST. we also gave advice on how cancer survivors can best cope with and care for themselves during this unusual global health event.

By |2020-07-20T11:34:41-04:00May 15th, 2020|GIST Education, Gleevec, Webcast|

First-Line Imatinib More Effective Than Widely Believed – LRG Science

The latest issue of LRG Science is titled, "First-Line Imatinib More Effective Than Widely Believed - LRG Science - Treatment for Resistant GIST - Improved, but Still Very Far to Go." In this issue, the LRG Real World Evidence team analyzes data from our Patient Registry in order to evaluate the efficacy of imatinib as a first-line treatment in GIST. Subscribe to LRG Science by emailing mgarland@liferaftgroup.org with the subject line SUBSCRIBE LRG SCIENCE.

By |2020-05-01T09:56:32-04:00December 13th, 2019|Drug Treatment, Gleevec, LRG Science, News|

New Data Indicates Imatinib Boosts Long-Term Survival for Some GIST Patients

A significant finding from a newly published study in JAMA Oncology, indicates that nearly one-fourth of GIST patients with advanced disease initially treated with imatinib will survive for ten years or more. The study, [...]

By |2018-10-30T09:19:32-04:00February 27th, 2017|News, Research|

Examining Kidney Toxicities of Sunitinib and Imatinib in Long-Term GIST Therapy

On September 19, 2016 the Life Raft Group was pleased to have Dr. Benjamin D. Humphreys, Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, share his knowledge [...]

By |2020-07-09T16:00:18-04:00September 19th, 2016|GIST Education, Gleevec, Sutent, Webcast|
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