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The Eyes Don’t See What the Mind Doesn’t Know – GIST Education in México

Rodrigo Salas & Berenice Carbajal-López of Fundación GIST México illustrate how this organization is working to spread GIST awareness and education.

By |2021-06-30T11:53:11-04:00June 30th, 2021|Advocacy, Global, News, Newsletter|

Spotlight on LRG Global Representatives – Nandini Dabbir, India

The newest GISTer to join the ranks of LRG Global Representatives is Nandini Dabbir of Hyderabad, India. She is a the Friends of Max City Chapter Leader & GIST Advocate working with the LRG to support GIST patients on their journey.

By |2021-06-30T10:50:44-04:00June 30th, 2021|Global, News, Newsletter|

Rare Diagnosis Fosters a Passion for Biomarker Testing & Self-Advocacy

GISTer Bill Borwegan shares his inspiring GIST journey illustrating the importance of biomarker/ mutational testing and self-advocacy as a rare disease patient.

By |2021-06-29T11:57:41-04:00June 29th, 2021|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|

Patient Advocacy in Brazil – Instituto Oncoguia

Luciana Holtz de Camargo Barros, founder and president of Instituto Oncoguia, authored this article about the creation and advocacy issues of this cancer patient advocacy organization based in São Paulo, Brazil.

By |2021-02-24T08:37:21-05:00February 24th, 2021|Advocacy, Global, News, Newsletter|

April Stephens, Long-Term Survivor

The average GIST patient is in their 50s or older when diagnosed with GIST. The rare exception is usually a pediatric SDH- deficient GIST, but April’s case is a case of ‘the rarest of the rare’ in that she was only 20 years old when she first encountered GIST and was not SDH-deficient.

By |2021-02-24T08:34:24-05:00February 24th, 2021|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|

GIST & Creativity – Gewelry for GIST with Christine Gonzales

Christine, a former elementary school  teacher, is raising three sons with husband Adam, in New Mexico. She doesn’t feel that creativity has always had a place in her life, but teaching elementary school always provides opportunities for innovation and creative thinking so perhaps it’s a matter of perspective.

By |2020-12-16T14:12:25-05:00December 16th, 2020|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|

GIST & Creativity – Art Quilter, Crafter, Teacher Claire Monaghan

GIST happened soon after her first quilt was accepted into a quilt exhibit and after participating in her first holiday craft show last December. Every GIST patient has a unique story about how they were diagnosed and where their journey takes them but Claire can literally credit a recurrence of her sister's ovarian cancer in January as the reason she found her GIST tumor.

By |2020-12-17T08:38:48-05:00December 16th, 2020|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|
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