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Three GSI Reps Attend ASCO 2008
Carolyn Grobe, Marina Symcox, and Sherri Janousky (pictured left to right below) registered at the huge American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) convention held in Chicago May 30- June 3, 2008. Intrepidly hiking the halls of the giant convention center as well as satellite meetings in nearby hotels, the trio of GIST Support International members […]
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Plasma Imatinib Levels
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 patients (Pts) with unresectable/metastatic gastrointestinal […]
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Bike 4 Mike Benefits MSKCC
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 are repeating the event! Funds […]
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Attention for GI Cancers
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? A casual passerby might be […]
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Florida GIST Patients Converge On Orlando
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 “Lostâ€, these intrepid swimmers congratulate each other for ‘making it’ to land, then begin to figure out how they […]
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Marina attends patient summit for GSI
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 patient groups) attended the meeting. […]
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Demetri, Schaye Ride Pan Mass
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, challenged Demetri to make the […]
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GIST featured at MDA
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 treatment strategies at MD Anderson, […]
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World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Full Text at: http://www.worldgicancer.com/WCGI/webcast04/ses7.html
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Predicting Side Effects
Many patients worry about potential side effects before beginning to take imatinib (Gleevec). Martine van Glabbeke and coauthors published a paper with a math model to predict the probability of developing various side effects based on the patient’s condition prior to taking the drug. Dr. van Glabbeke has written a calculation routine for side effect […]
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