http://gistsupport.org GIST Support International is a support group of patients and families affected by gastrointestinal stromal tumor. GIST Support International is dedicated to education and support of GIST patients and families and friends. en Copyright 2013, GIST Support International admin@yourdomain.com admin@yourdomain.com GIST Support International WebsiteBaker Content Management System phase II trial in GIST

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ponatinib-trial-opens-211.php Tue, 11 Jun 2013 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ponatinib-trial-opens-211.php Enrollment complete, information available.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/project-flag-136.php Thu, 23 Jul 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/project-flag-136.php Approved for GIST by FDA

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/regorafenib-approved-204.php Tue, 26 Feb 2013 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/regorafenib-approved-204.php for patients and caregivers

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/st.-louis-gist-meeting-206.php Tue, 25 Sep 2012 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/st.-louis-gist-meeting-206.php Our reps report on American Society for Clinical Oncology

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-news-from-asco-202.php Tue, 19 Jun 2012 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-news-from-asco-202.php risk marker and potential drug target

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/aurora-kinase-a-in-gist-201.php Tue, 29 May 2012 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/aurora-kinase-a-in-gist-201.php FDA approval or non-GIST soft tissue sarcoma

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/votrient-approved-for-sarcoma-199.php Thu, 22 Mar 2012 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/votrient-approved-for-sarcoma-199.php Longer duration for post-surgery Gleevec in higher-risk patients

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-approves-adjuvant-gleevec-extension-to-3-years-198.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-approves-adjuvant-gleevec-extension-to-3-years-198.php from GCAF and GSI

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/free-gist-wristbands-bracelets-195.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/free-gist-wristbands-bracelets-195.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-news-from-2011-asco-190.php Wed, 13 Jul 2011 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-news-from-2011-asco-190.php Patients gather in Milan.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/italians-hold-4th-gist-meeting-187.php Sun, 06 Mar 2011 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/italians-hold-4th-gist-meeting-187.php Watch videos from Dana-Farber's April 2010 event.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/living-with-gist-10-years-of-molecularly-targeted-therapy-180.php Sat, 01 May 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/living-with-gist-10-years-of-molecularly-targeted-therapy-180.php free access online

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-guidelines-183.php Tue, 06 Jul 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-guidelines-183.php Becky and Carolyn report for GIST Support International

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/asco-2010-news-on-gist-182.php Fri, 25 Jun 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/asco-2010-news-on-gist-182.php 2010 recommendations from experts

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nccn-gist-task-force-update-181.php Tue, 11 May 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nccn-gist-task-force-update-181.php state-of-the-art for GIST

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-meeting-177.php Tue, 16 Mar 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-meeting-177.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-awareness-week-171.php Sat, 06 Feb 2010 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-awareness-week-171.php supporting trial for pediatric & wildtype GIST

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/578-signed-r1507-petition-170.php Sat, 28 Nov 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/578-signed-r1507-petition-170.php Access videos and webcasts from the meeting.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-at-2009-asco-163.php Sat, 30 May 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-at-2009-asco-163.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-approved-in-uk162.php Fri, 29 May 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-approved-in-uk162.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-management-2009-update157.php Wed, 13 May 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-management-2009-update157.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/attending-a-gist-cme-event158.php Wed, 13 May 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/attending-a-gist-cme-event158.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/adjuvant-imatinib-in-europe161.php Sat, 09 May 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/adjuvant-imatinib-in-europe161.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/igf-signals-in-gist134.php Fri, 30 Jan 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/igf-signals-in-gist134.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sorafenib-is-promising117.php Mon, 12 Jan 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sorafenib-is-promising117.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-conditionally-approved-in-eu52.php Tue, 06 Jan 2009 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-conditionally-approved-in-eu52.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-approves-adjuvant-imatinib155.php Sat, 20 Dec 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-approves-adjuvant-imatinib155.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ctos-and-sarc-meet-in-london149.php Fri, 05 Dec 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ctos-and-sarc-meet-in-london149.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nih-clinic-for-ped-wildtype-gist148.php Wed, 26 Nov 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nih-clinic-for-ped-wildtype-gist148.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/duensings-new-gist-findings147.php Tue, 18 Nov 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/duensings-new-gist-findings147.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nih-pediatric-gist-clinic125.php Sun, 26 Oct 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nih-pediatric-gist-clinic125.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/adjuvant-gleevec-trial-news68.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/adjuvant-gleevec-trial-news68.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/z9000-adjuvant-imatinib-trial118.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/z9000-adjuvant-imatinib-trial118.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-session138.php Tue, 15 Jul 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gist-session138.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/new-italian-gist-group59.php Sun, 29 Jun 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/new-italian-gist-group59.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/treating-gist114.php Sat, 14 Jun 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/treating-gist114.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/plasma-imatinib-levels116.php Tue, 27 May 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/plasma-imatinib-levels116.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-video71.php Thu, 28 Feb 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-video71.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/attention-for-gi-cancers115.php Sat, 02 Feb 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/attention-for-gi-cancers115.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nilotinib-compassionate-access-ends113.php Sun, 20 Jan 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/nilotinib-compassionate-access-ends113.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-heart-failure112.php Fri, 18 Jan 2008 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-heart-failure112.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/2007-nccn-task-force-on-gist100.php Sun, 09 Sep 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/2007-nccn-task-force-on-gist100.php CancerWise ]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-featured-at-mda99.php Thu, 02 Aug 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-featured-at-mda99.php World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (Webcasts)

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/world-congress-on-gastrointestinal-cancer39.php Thu, 02 Aug 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/world-congress-on-gastrointestinal-cancer39.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/predicting-side-effects88.php Thu, 26 Jul 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/predicting-side-effects88.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gsi-signs-bad-nauheim-declaration87.php Mon, 23 Jul 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gsi-signs-bad-nauheim-declaration87.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/bike-tour-funds-awarded57.php Tue, 03 Jul 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/bike-tour-funds-awarded57.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/team-sarcoma-200769.php Thu, 14 Jun 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/team-sarcoma-200769.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/do-not-interrupt-gleevec72.php Sun, 13 May 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/do-not-interrupt-gleevec72.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/hsp90-inhibitor-progress67.php Mon, 12 Mar 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/hsp90-inhibitor-progress67.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/free-access-gist-reviews66.php Fri, 23 Feb 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/free-access-gist-reviews66.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/cancercare-gist-teleconference64.php Sun, 04 Feb 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/cancercare-gist-teleconference64.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-and-thyroid-function62.php Thu, 11 Jan 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-and-thyroid-function62.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-summit-webcasts63.php Tue, 02 Jan 2007 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gist-summit-webcasts63.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/cardiotoxicity-from-imatinib53.php Mon, 04 Dec 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/cardiotoxicity-from-imatinib53.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/slide-presentation-from-dr.-peter-reichardt15.php Sun, 19 Nov 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/slide-presentation-from-dr.-peter-reichardt15.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/managing-sutent-side-effects61.php Sat, 28 Oct 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/managing-sutent-side-effects61.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/warning-gleevec-heart-effects58.php Fri, 20 Oct 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/warning-gleevec-heart-effects58.php ]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/dr.-von-mehren-on-gist55.php Sat, 23 Sep 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/dr.-von-mehren-on-gist55.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/pet-scans-medicare54.php Fri, 25 Aug 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/pet-scans-medicare54.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gsi-attends-asco51.php Wed, 21 Jun 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gsi-attends-asco51.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-approved-in-canada50.php Thu, 01 Jun 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-approved-in-canada50.php

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/searchable-online-canadian-database-of-health-product-adverse-reactions20.php Fri, 26 May 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/searchable-online-canadian-database-of-health-product-adverse-reactions20.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/novartis-gist-registry45.php Wed, 24 May 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/novartis-gist-registry45.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gistsarcoma-meeting49.php Tue, 16 May 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-gistsarcoma-meeting49.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-awareness-week48.php Fri, 12 May 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sarcoma-awareness-week48.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-advances-in-europe46.php Tue, 02 May 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sunitinib-advances-in-europe46.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-benefits-over-half-of-trial-patients9.php Sun, 23 Apr 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-benefits-over-half-of-trial-patients9.php This new drug is entering a Phase I trial at Dana Farber Cancer Center for patients with GIST who have progressed on Gleevec. Trial participants may have tried other drugs besides Gleevec.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/phase-i-clinical-trial-of-ipi-5048.php Sun, 23 Apr 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/phase-i-clinical-trial-of-ipi-5048.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/4-year-follow-up-of-gleevec3.php Sun, 23 Apr 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/4-year-follow-up-of-gleevec3.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-approved-for-gist7.php Sun, 23 Apr 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/sutent-approved-for-gist7.php From the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, and Division of Hematology and Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR; and Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/biology-of-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors--corless-et-al.-22-18-3813--journal-of-clinical-oncology37.php Thu, 06 Apr 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/biology-of-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors--corless-et-al.-22-18-3813--journal-of-clinical-oncology37.php This EurekAlert neww story indicates a trial of AMN107 is coming soon for GIST. AMN107 is a followup to Gleevec being developed by Novartis.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/study-finds-new-designer-drug-is-potent-treatment-for-chronic-myelogenous-leukemia26.php Fri, 17 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/study-finds-new-designer-drug-is-potent-treatment-for-chronic-myelogenous-leukemia26.php As part of an agency-wide initiative to speed development of new medical products through the science of pharmacogenomics, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a final guidance titled "Pharmacogenomic Data Submissions."

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-works-to-speed-the-advent-of-new-more-effective-personalized-medicines24.php Thu, 16 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/fda-works-to-speed-the-advent-of-new-more-effective-personalized-medicines24.php Below is an informal summary of a consensus summary on GIST treatment by an international group of GIST experts. The consensus conference to develop this guideline was sponsored by the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) with a grant from Novartis. A meeting was held in March 2004 among 41 experts from 12 countries from around the world (not just Europe). The resulting paper was published in March 2005 in the Annals of Oncology, volume 16 pages 566-578. The paper is not free-access. This is a paper your oncologist should obtain and read. Its purpose is to continue in the path started by the NCCN guidelines (which it cites) to develop a standard of care for GIST.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/consensus-meeting-for-the-management-of-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors-report-of-the-gist-consensus-conference-of-32004-under-the-auspices-of-esmo22.php Thu, 16 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/consensus-meeting-for-the-management-of-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors-report-of-the-gist-consensus-conference-of-32004-under-the-auspices-of-esmo22.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/molecular-testing-in-patients-with-rare-cancer-predicts-response-to-gleevec21.php Thu, 16 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/molecular-testing-in-patients-with-rare-cancer-predicts-response-to-gleevec21.php This Medscape interview is free-access, but Medscape requires a simple user registration to view its content.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/the-implications-of-kinase-mutations-in-clinical-practice-an-interview-on-gist-with-dr.-michael-heinrich18.php Thu, 16 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/the-implications-of-kinase-mutations-in-clinical-practice-an-interview-on-gist-with-dr.-michael-heinrich18.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/personalized-medicine-moves-forward17.php Thu, 16 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/personalized-medicine-moves-forward17.php CIW ENA 2004: "16th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics'. "

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ciw-ena-200438.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ciw-ena-200438.php Abstract of presentation by P Reichardt, D Pink, T Lindner, MC Heinrich, P Cohen, Y Wang, A Tsyrlova, A Yap, S Dimitirijevic, CD Blanke
at the 2004 European Society for Medical Oncology congress

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/a-phase-iii-trial-of-the-oral-pkc-inhibitor-pkc412-pkc-and-imatinib-mesylate-im-in-patients-pts-with-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumor-gist35.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/a-phase-iii-trial-of-the-oral-pkc-inhibitor-pkc412-pkc-and-imatinib-mesylate-im-in-patients-pts-with-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumor-gist35.php Abstract of presentation by G Demetri, M von Mehren, H Joensuu, S Finketstein, D Huse, B Kiese, K McDougal, S Dimitrijevic, GA Glendenning, C Blanke at the 2004 European Society for Medical Oncology congress.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/lack-of-progression-is-the-most-clinically-significant-measure-of-a-patients-clinical-benefit...33.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/lack-of-progression-is-the-most-clinically-significant-measure-of-a-patients-clinical-benefit...33.php VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- November 4, 2004 -- Lack of progression is the most clinically significant predictor of a patient's response to imatinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), a new analysis shows.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-tumor-shrinkage-doesnt-predict-response-to-imatinib-therapy-in-patients-with-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors32.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/esmo-tumor-shrinkage-doesnt-predict-response-to-imatinib-therapy-in-patients-with-gastrointestinal-stromal-tumors32.php Not only can positron emission tomography (PET) help evaluate treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) by revealing biologic changes such as how the tumor processes the fuel that makes it grow, but CT can indirectly reveal biologic changes as well by analyzing the tumor's density, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/tumor-size-alone-not-always-best-for-gauging-treatment-response31.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/tumor-size-alone-not-always-best-for-gauging-treatment-response31.php Swedish researchers developed a method of predicting the probability GIST will recur after surgery.

]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/new-point-system-enhances-prognosis-for-gist-patients28.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/new-point-system-enhances-prognosis-for-gist-patients28.php   ]]> http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gastrointestinal-stromal-tumours-a-report-by-b.-landuyt-at-van-oosterom16.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/gastrointestinal-stromal-tumours-a-report-by-b.-landuyt-at-van-oosterom16.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/patientinform13.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/patientinform13.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/pfizer-submits-application-to-fda-for-sutent-su1124812.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/pfizer-submits-application-to-fda-for-sutent-su1124812.php http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ecco-13--sunitinib-prolongs-survival-in-gist-patients-after-imatinib-mesylate-failure10.php Mon, 13 Mar 2006 http://www.gistsupport.org/posts/ecco-13--sunitinib-prolongs-survival-in-gist-patients-after-imatinib-mesylate-failure10.php