My name is Juliana Popova and I’m the chairperson of the Bulgarian support group for people with GIST – “GIST Alliance for Patients-Bulgaria”. Our organization was founded in January 2012. All patients can contact us [...]
Piga Fernandez, the LRG’s global relations coordinator, participated in an activity called “I have cancer, …lets talk” organized by Red Chile Cancer, a coalition of cancer patient groups in Chile. The main objective [...]
Carol Heller will be working with Jeff Bernstein to cover the state of Pennsylvania as local group leaders. She is very excited to help and hold meetings, and will be handling the eastern region of [...]
Here is a presentation from Life Fest 2012 by Brian Rubin, M.D. about the current state of the LRG Research team.
Here is a presentation from Life Fest 2012 by Roberto Pazmino on the Life Raft Group Patient Registry.
Here is a presentation from Life Fest 2012 by LRG Science Director Jerry Call on the topic of Mutational & Plasma Testing.
The new treatment uses T cells, a type of immune cell that are taken from the patient’s body, genetically modified and then reinfused into the patient. These modified T cells are called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. In previous trials with these modified T cells, tumor responses have been modest and they did not persist for long enough after being re-introduced into the patient. Using this second generation CAR T cell, Dr. Carl June and his colleagues at Penn obtained long-lasting persistence once the cells were re-introduced.
The ninth annual poker tournament, now known as the “Night to Fight Cancer” to benefit The Life Raft Group’s research programs was held at Midtown Loft on September 13, 2012. Board President Jerry Cudzil once again hosted this successful event to raise money and awareness so that someday soon we can have a cure.
How does a $2 million-a-year cancer research effort with a team of nine scientists keep pace with a $100 million-a-year project with a team of 200? Pretty well, it turns out. With the Cancer Genome Atlas project in the news lately—the New York Times recently reported on progress in its colon cancer work—we decided to compare some of its data with that of the Life Raft Group’s Research Team and its D-Day Project. Our research focuses on GIST.
On Thursday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a landmark law enacted in 2010 to improve the health of all Americans and control health care costs.
