Over 100 GIST patients and caregivers attended GSI’s Eighth Annual GIST Information Support & Therapy Summit on September 17, 2016 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Many of the patients were newly diagnosed with GIST, eager to learn from not only the excellent physician faculty but also from other GISTers who have been dealing with their disease for a long time. Through generous grants from Novartis Oncology, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Blueprint, AROG and Ignyta, GSI was able to have all of the proceedings filmed so that GIST patients throughout the world can benefit from the presentations of our renowned speakers. In addition to the films and slides, you might also visit the testimonials made by a variety of GIST patients in GSI’s Video Gallery.
Agenda for GIST Summit 2016
| 8:00 am | Breakfast and registration | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome from Neeta Somaiah, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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| 9:05 am | Breelyn A. Wilky, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Sarcoma Medical Research Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL | The Basics of GIST from the Expert in Layman’s Terms
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| 10:00 am | coffee | |
| 10:20 am | Alexander Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Selective (Soft Tissue) Pathology Fellowship Training Program, Houston, TX | What Makes GIST Tic? The Pathology of GIST
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| 11:15 am | Lee J. Helman, M.D., Scientific Director for Clinical Research, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland | Research and Advances in GIST Research
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| 12:00 noon | Group Photo – Lunch – Filming Patient Testimonials – Poster Display – Visiting with Speakers and Pharmaceutical Representatives | |
| 2:15 pm | Jonathan C. Trent, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, Sarcoma Medical Research Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL |
GIST Research Based on YOU—Ongoing and Upcoming Trials
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| 3:15 pm | coffee break | |
| 3:45 pm | Steven C. Katz, M.D., Director of Surgical Immunotherapy and Director of the Surgical Oncology Fellowship at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, R.I. and Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine |
Immunotherapy for the Treatment of GIST
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| 4:45 pm | Ask the Experts—All GIST Expert Physicians
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| 6:00 pm | Remarks by Robert S. Benjamin, M.D., Clinical Professor and P. H. and Fay E. Robinson Distinguished Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas Center, Houston, TX
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