George Demetri, MD, Senior Vice President for Experimental Therapeutics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the lasting benefit of targeted therapy that included Gleevec in advanced GIST at the recent 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society [...]
New research on innovative immunotherapy treatments was presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Immunotherapy is used in fighting cancer by activating and amplifying the patient’s immune response [...]
Today is White Out Cancer Day. In order to honor Cancer Immunotherapy Month, The Cancer Research Institute is encouraging everyone to wear white today. Immunotherapy is a promising field in cancer research and treatment that [...]
Immunotherapy treatments garnered a great deal of attention at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). This article from the New York Times discusses this form of treatment and its [...]
Life Raft Group member, Diana Smith was recently featured in an article in Clarksville Tennessee’s Leaf Chronicle about GIST. The article quotes Assistant Program Director, Mildred Menos and provides helpful information about GIST sure to [...]
