GIST Sarcoma Life Raft Group Canada held its 3rd Annual Day of Learning on October 18, 2014 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver, BC. Speakers includes Dr. [...]
Sutent 37.5 mg Ease of use and lower costs may be on the horizon for Sutent patients who are currently on a 37.5 milligram prescription. Available now, Pfizer has released a new [...]
A Wildtype GIST Clinic has been announced by the National Institutes of Health, USA. The upcoming “Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Clinic” at the NIH is scheduled for June, 10th-12th, 2015. There are spots available for [...]
Louise Ladd (1943-2014) of Fairfield, Connecticut, who was deeply loved by her mate, Doug Taylor, and family, passed away at the age of 71 on July 11, 2014 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Ct. [...]
The Life Raft Group is pleased to announce the release of the third issue of The GIST Cancer Journal, the official journal of the Life Raft Group and the first academic journal devoted solely to [...]
Avatar mice are becoming important allies in cancer research. A research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital has been studying cancer using a new type of lab mouse that can host human cancer cells. The [...]
Flu Season is upon us. It is hard to believe with the Indian summer weather, but before you know it, the temperature will plummet, and the season when flu flourishes will be here. Being exposed [...]
A recent study from MD Anderson Cancer Center provides insight into the ways that cancer cells metastasize. Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that cancer cells traveling to other [...]
A recent article in the Clinical Cancer Research Journal discussed a new drug, Ponatinib, that shows therapeutic potential for drug-resistant KIT mutations in GIST.
