• Brad Clark to Ride in Pan Mass 2008

    Posted by Barbara Dore on June 1, 2008

    Brad Clark, a firm believer in the power of exercise to help cope with GIST, has committed to ride in the 2008 Pan Mass Challenge to raise money for GIST research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Says Brad, "I’m being treated at Dana-Farber now in the XL-820 clinical trial. When my

  • Plasma Imatinib Levels

    Posted by Barbara Dore on May 27, 2008

    Blood plasma levels of imatinib (Gleevec) may predict clinical response At the January 2008 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium Dr. Demetri presented regarding how the measured level of imatinib (Gleevec) in patients’ blood plasma correlated with their treatment outcome. The paper was “Correlation of imatinib plasma levels with clinical benefit in

  • Bike 4 Mike Benefits MSKCC

    Posted by Barbara Dore on May 3, 2008

    In 2007 the scouts and families of Troop Eight, plus other friends, cycled up to fifty miles on the Jersey shore with Mike Prozan and raised over $12,000 for a GIST research fund at MSKCC in Mike’s honor. This year — May 3, 2008 — the Scout Troop and Mike

  • Attention for GI Cancers

    Posted by Barbara Dore on February 2, 2008

    Lessons in Getting More Attention for GI Cancers by Bob Spiegel "America hasn’t done anything well since World War II." Not the kind of statement you’ld exactly expect from the chief of oncology/hematology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. And what does it have to do with gastrointestinal cancer?

  • Florida GIST Patients Converge On Orlando

    Posted by Barbara Dore on November 12, 2007

    Imagine a group of survivors from a quick-sinking cruise ship swimming through shark-infested water for two miles before, one by one, they reach a small and deserted island. Much like the cast of the TV series “Lost”, these intrepid swimmers congratulate each other for ‘making it’ to land, then begin

  • Marina attends patient summit for GSI

    Posted by Barbara Dore on October 7, 2007

    Marina Symcox, PhD represented GIST Support International at the Novartis Patient Summit held June 29 – July 1, 2007 near Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year’s meeting was "New Horizons in Treating Cancer." About 35 delegates representing GIST patient organizations from around the world (plus additional delegates representing CML

  • GISTers meet in NYC

    Posted by Barbara Dore on August 21, 2007

    GISTers Meet in New York CityMichael Ting organized an informal lunch meeting of GISTers in the New York City area on Augist 11, 2007. Michael said "We had a nice showing for the NYC GISTers meeting this past Saturday. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to participate. In addition

  • Demetri, Schaye Ride Pan Mass

    Posted by Barbara Dore on August 10, 2007

    Dr. George Demetri, leading clinical GIST researcher, participated as a rider in Dana Farber’s classic fundraiser, "The Pan Mass Challenge" (August 4-5, 2007). Pan Mass is a two-day 190+ mile cycling event in the hills of Massachusetts. Paul Schaye, an "ironman" who is a GIST patient treated by Dr. Demetri,

  • GIST featured at MDA

    Posted by Barbara Dore on August 2, 2007

    The August 2007 MD Anderson newsletter CancerWise features two articles about gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Persistence Paves Way for GIST Recovery: the story of GISTer Ginger Sawyer, the treasurer for GIST Support International. Q&A: Targeted Gleevec Therapy for GIST: an interiew with GIST expert Jonathan Trent, MD Dr. Trent describes current

  • World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Posted by Barbara Dore on August 2, 2007

    Full Text at: http://www.worldgicancer.com/WCGI/webcast04/ses7.html