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GIST Cancer Research Fund Supports UPCI Gastrointestinal Cancer Research for 7th Year in a Row

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23, 2012 – For the seventh year in a row, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), partner with UPMC CancerCenter, have received funding from the GIST Cancer Research Fund – a patient-driven organization that funds research on gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). These tumors occur in the gastrointestinal tract and initially can be successfully treated with the [...]

2012 GIST Conference Presentations Now Online

The GCRF has made available the various updates and technical presentations from recently held sponsored events.  These include:

Gist and Sarcoma Cancer Research Conference—May 2, 2012 (Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Advances in GIST Diagnosis and Risk Assessment - Adrián Mariño-Enriquez, MD (video)

Advances in GIST Surgery - Chandrajit P. Raut, MD (video)

Clinical Aspects of GIST – Dr. David DeAdamo (video)

Advances in [...]

Wildtype & Pediatric GIST – K. Janeway, MD

Advances in GIST Surgery – Chandrajit P. Raut, MD

Clinical Aspects of GIST – Dr. David DeAdamo

Advances in GIST Therapy #2 (KIT/PDGFRA Downstream Targets) – James E. Butrynski, MD

Advances in GIST Diagnosis and Risk Assessment – Adrián Mariño-Enriquez, MD

GIST Myth Busters – Amy Pilotte, NP and Kathleen Polson, NP

Identifying Vulnerabilities in Drug Resistant GIST – Jonathan A. Fletcher, MD

High-throughput Methods to Identify Drug Targets – Cesar Serrano Garcia, MD