January 2008
- January 2008 U.S & international clinical trial update by Jim Hughes
- Molecular therapy and surgery combined in GIST by Ronald DeMatteo, M.D. For most cancers, the combined use of multiple different types of therapy is the most effective approach. Over the last several years, we have applied this philosophy to GIST. In this article, I will review our current understanding of multimodality therapy for both primary GIST and metastatic GIST.
- 2007 Executive Director's Report by Norman Scherzer The advent of the New Year is a wonderful opportunity to take stock of what the Life Raft Group has accomplished in 2007, as well as reflect on what has already begun and what we still hope to achieve. It is hard still to list the triumphs and defeats of the last year in this article, when the ultimate defeat, the death of GIST patients, continues to take center stage.
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Laura sees pot o'gold, even if no one else can
by Laura Kukucka
My life...
My mom and I were out shopping together recently, while Phil was at home working on our attic remodeling. I had been trying to call him for awhile and wasn’t getting an answer, and I was starting to get worried.
- Mustard was friend until very end Erin "Nan" Mustard, 55, passed away peacefully at her residence in Discovery Bay on Dec. 4, 2007. Nan was the wife of Tim Mustard and had been married for 36 years.