Latest Research
GCRF is grateful for the assistance of members of our medical advisory board. This page is their forum to communicate to you late-breaking news, important links, white papers, or simply opinions that are of interest to those involved with GIST.
August 2010:- The Researcher Perspective: Delivering Hope with Gloved Hands
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Systemic Therapy for Metastatic GIST (pdf presentation)
March 2010:
Update in GIST Research Antonescu’ Lab, MSKCC
GIST research in the DeMatteo Laboratory
Update in GIST Research Antonescu’ Lab, MSKCC-
IGF1R targeting in pediatric and wild-type GIST
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Drug testing in short-term culture of WT GIST, using KIT and downstream targets inhibitors.
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SDH screening in pediatric and Wild-type GIST (collaborative effort with Su Kim and Constantine Stratakis, from NIH), including MSKCC samples as well as NIH pediatric clinic cases
Andrew Godwin, Ph.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center: Link Member, Medical Science Division GIST Research: Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer and Molecular-Targeted Therapies (pdf) Additional information on GIST Research: Click here to download PATHOGENESIS AND MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY OF GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS (GISTS) |
Anette Duensing, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute: Link Research Assistant Professor of Pathology Proapoptotic Activity of Bortezomib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Cells
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Christopher L. Corless, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University: Professor of Medicine, Anatomic Pathology GIST Research: Gastrointestinal Pathology, Molecular Testing |
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Margaret von Mehren, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center: Director, Sarcoma Oncology – GIST Research: |
Ronald DeMatteo, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Link Physician GIST Research: Soft Tissue Sarcoma, GIST |
Michael C. Heinrich, M.D.
Michael Heinrich M.D. is currently a Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University. He earned his medical degree in 1984 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and completed both his residency training and Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at OHSU. |
George D. Demetri, M.D
Dana Farber Cancer Institute: Link Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School GIST Research: Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Sarcoma.net Abstracts by Dr. Demetri, M.D. |
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Jonathan A. Fletcher, M.D. |
Katherine (”Katie”) Janeway, M.D.
Katie is an attending physician in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Children’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute and a Harvard Medical School Instructor of Pediatrics. She splits her time between pediatric oncology clinical care and research. |
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