Familial GIST Research
Familial GIST research
The Life Raft Group is cooperating in a research study with some of the top GIST specialty centers, coordinated by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Oregon Health & Science University, to identify potential familial GIST families and direct them to the assets provided by these institutions. If you or anyone in your family suspects that their GIST might be familial, please contact the Project FLAG study or Life Raft Group for further information.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Principal Investigator: Judy Garber, M.D., MPH
Office: 617-632-2282
Assistant: 617-632-5770
Fax 617-632-2649
E-mail: Judy_Garber@dfci.harvard.edu
Partnering Organizations
MD Anderson
Cancer Center:
Jonathan Trent, M.D.
Office: 713-792-3626
Fax: 713-792-2740
E-mail: jtrent@mdanderson.org
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center:

Mark Robson, M.D.
Robert Maki, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University:
Mike Heinrich, M.D.
Chris Corless, M.D.





