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The Life Raft Group - Ensuring that no one has to face GIST alone

The Life Raft Group - Ensuring that no one has to face GIST alone

I'm John. Father of three and grandfather of three. Melinda and I want to make what we do today help everyone with GIST tomorrow.

I'm John. Father of three and grandfather of three. Melinda and I want to make what we do today help everyone with GIST tomorrow.

The Life Raft Group - Ensuring that no one has to face GIST alone

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Increased funding strengthens Life Raft Group's five-year plan to find cure for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
The Growing Clout of Online Patient Groups. The Wall Street Journal, June 2007
Norman and Anita Scherzer featured in Correio Braziliense, a Brazilian publication, about the drug Glivec. March 2007. (Article in English)
Dying Cancer Patients May Get Drug Placebos in Some Clinical Trials The Wall Street Journal, June 2004
Fighting Cancer with a Sugar Pill — Move to Give Some Patients Placebos Instead of Drugs Causes Rift Among Doctors Michael Smerconish Radio Show WPHT, Philadelphia, June 2004

2007 Executive Director's Report by Norman Scherzer

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