Common Side Effects & How to Manage Them
Every GIST patient (and person in general) is unique, however, there are some common issues that patients may face during their GIST journey.
Every GIST patient (and person in general) is unique, however, there are some common issues that patients may face during their GIST journey.
Rodrigo Salas & Berenice Carbajal-López of Fundación GIST México illustrate how this organization is working to spread GIST awareness and education.
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.
GISTer Bill Borwegan shares his inspiring GIST journey illustrating the importance of biomarker/ mutational testing and self-advocacy as a rare disease patient.
In our LRG community, we’ve seen many examples of GISTer family planning but also women who have found out they had GIST while they were pregnant. Here are some helpful resources
The Life Raft Group is pleased to welcome Mr. Young Jae Kim (YJ) as the new LRG representative (liaison) in our global network!
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.
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.
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.
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.