Links

  • FLAGProject FLAG – Families Learning About GIST (1-800-828-6622)
  • Understanding GIST – educational material provided by Pfizer.
  • The GIST Alliance – Information for healthcare Professionals
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Virtual Meeting features more than 25,000 oral presentations, abstracts, and posters from meetings dating back to 1999 – the most comprehensive collection of oncology-related multimedia lectures available on the Web
  • MESOTHELIOMA, for those diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer of the lining of the lung (pleura) or the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum).
  • Project FLAG is a research study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, focused on learning more about GISTs (gastrointestinal stromal tumors) that may be hereditary.
  • Life Raft Group
    A GIST Support Group
  • First Resource is a free insurance support program. It’s sponsored by Pfizer Oncology. The program helps with the insurance process. It can make it simpler for you. It can also help your doctor through the process.
  • GIST Support International
    A GIST Support Group
  • GIST Support UK
    A GIST Support Group with meetings
  • Surgery to remove stomach cancer
    Informational
  • Tumor growth
    “Bizibill.com website”- A fully interactive spread sheet – demonstrates tumor growth.
  • About GIST
    “People Living With Cancer” website
  • GIST Talk – A GIST forum
    “NewCMLDrug.com” website
  • http://www.joeshouse.org/
    “The mission of Joe’s House is to be a housing resource for cancer patients and their families who must travel away from home for medical treatment. Our site lists hundreds of cancer treatment centers and nearby lodging facilities.”
  • Novartis Patient Registry
    1-800-799-8766
  • Patient Advocate Foundation
    866-512-3861
  • www.copays.org
  • Travel Assistance Angel Flight
    1-800-549-9980
  • LifeLine Pilots
    1-800-822-7972
  • Mercy Medical Airlift
    National Patient Travel Center
    4620 Haygood Road, Suite 1
    Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455
    If any question about this service call Mr. Steve Patterson,Executive Vice President, Medical Airlift 757-318-9174
  • NCCN Task Force Report: Management of
    Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal
    Tumor (GIST)Update of the NCCN
    Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • GIST clinical trials at clinicaltrials.gov
  • Search for a GIST clinical trial at cancer.gov
  • Persistence Paves Way for GIST Recovery
  • Book on GIST
  • ASCO: Imatinib (Gleevec) After GIST Surgery Achieves Big Survival Advantage
  • Treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor: focus on imatinib mesylate
  • Nilotinib (AMN107)
  • AMN107 (Nilotinib) BCR-ABL TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information
    U.S. National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
  • NORD – National Organization for Rare Disorders.
  • National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • American Cancer Society
  • ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • EmergingMed.com is a free and confidential cancer clinical trial matching and referral service.
  • What is Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors?
  • Anti-Dumping Post-Gastrectomy Diet
  • www.gleevec.com
  • www.emergingmed.com
  • www.themaxfoundation.org
  • www.globalgist.org
  • www.medids.com
    Medical ID Alert Wallet Card
  • www.medicare.org
    Centers for Medicare& Medicaide Services (CMS)
  • www.medicarxmatters.org
  • www.medicareinteractive.org
  • www.maprx.infomedicare
    access for pt’s Rx-MAPRx
  • GuideStar – connection people with non-profit information.
  • Multiple Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Threaded with Laparoscopic Surgery
  • World Stats Including Cancer Deaths
  • Patient Acvocate
  • Patient Services Incorporated
  • Mollecular Biology, Pathobiology, and Genetics Pediatric KITWild-Type and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor…link to full article.
  • Dr. Kondo also discovered biomarker candidates for prediction of early metastasis post surgery in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)…link to full article
  • Corporate Angel Network We arrange free air transportation for cancer patients traveling to treatment using the empty seats on corporate jets.
  • National Patient Travel Center The NPTC exists to facilitate patient access to appropriate charitable medical air transportation resources in the United States.
  • Medicare Website
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • US Disability Benefits
  • Travel Assistance
  • A phase I study of vorinostat in combination with bortezomib in refractory solid tumors.
  • Vorinostat and Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors
  • Radiologic findings in malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors
  • A Study Evaluating GDC-0980 Administered Once Weekly in Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors or Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  • Cell Cycle/Apoptosis Molecule Expression Correlates with Imatinib Response in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Comes of Age: Current Management Using Molecular Pathology, Surgery, and Targeted Therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
  • Pazopanib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma That Has Relapsed or Not Responded to Treatment
  • A Randomized Double Blind Phase III Trial of Pazopanib Versus Placebo in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Whose Disease Has Progressed During or Following Prior Therapy (PALETTE)
  • Phase III, Open-Label Study of
  • The Pediatric and wildtype GIST Clinic at the NIH
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Ultrasonographic Spectrum of the Disease
  • A phase I study of vorinostat in combination with bortezomib in refractory solid tumors
  • Vorinostat and Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors
  • Phase III, Open-label Study of Nilotinib Versus Imatinib in GIST Patients
  • NIH Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Clinic
  • Cell Cycle/Apoptosis Molecule Expression Correlates with Imatinib Response in Patients with Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
  • A Study Evaluating GDC-0980 Administered Once Weekly in Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors or Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  • Radiologic findings in malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors