The Life Raft Group held a virtual GIST Day of Learning (GDOL) in Washington, DC on April 27th, 2022. Top GIST specialists presented the latest on research and treatment options and provided a comprehensive review of the science behind GIST.
Join medical professionals and the patient advocacy community on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 for a CME conference, “Rare Cancers: Great Unmet Medical Needs” hosted by Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research.
Dr. David Josephy and Jim Hughes discuss clinical trials for GISTers and what you need to know.
¿Necesita información sobre el GIST en español? Fundación GIST Chile ha creado un portal educativo sobre los cánceres gastrointestinales, incluido el GIST.
In a recent study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine identified new therapeutic targets that could lead to new treatment options for patients. The study, published in the February 18, 2021 online edition of Oncogene, found that specific cell-to-cell communication influences GIST biology and is strongly associated with cancer progression and metastasis.
Dr. Jonathan Trent, GIST Specialist at Sylvester Cancer Center and Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, also a GIST Specialist at Sylvester, have co-authored a book dedicated to sarcoma diagnosis and management with other sarcoma experts specifically for the purpose of giving oncologists a credible authority to 'go-to' for sarcoma knowledge.
On September 17, 2020, the Life Raft Group invited Dr. David Josephy, President of GIST Sarcoma Life Raft Group Canada, to present his highly acclaimed GIST 101: GIST Biology, Genetics and Pathology - an overview of the biology, genetics and pathology of GIST - for the members of Henzo Kenya, a patient advocacy group for GIST and CML patients in Kenya, Africa.
Chefs Rosemary & Drew Gabbe of The Fruited Plain in Parsippany, NJ, demonstrated how to cook LRG member Rob Taylor’s Happy Shrimp.
Dr. David Josephy, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Guelph,Canada, and President of GIST Sarcoma Life Raft Group Canada presented GIST 101 during Virtual Life Fest 2020.
Oncology and surgical GIST experts shared the latest trends, insights and surgical options in GIST, and then answered questions.
