During the summer we were delighted to be able to convene our first face-to-face Medical Advisory Board (MAB) meeting in many years! There was  packed agenda so that everyone could be brought upto date with the latetest GIST medical & research dvelopments, while also discussing plans for future projects. Professor Ian Judson has been GCUK’s […]

Hello Everyone, I am writing to let you know that having served three months’ notice, I will be stepping down as Vice Chair and Trustee of GIST Cancer UK at the end of May 2022. I have served as a trustee of GIST Cancer UK since 2010 and as Vice Chair of the charity for […]

Stella Turner is stepping down as a Trustee for GIST Cancer UK at the end of April 2022. After nearly five years of volunteering her time and skill, Stella is keen to thank all the amazing fundraisers she has worked with since she took on the role of GCUK’s Fundraising Lead a couple of years […]

We are delighted to launch GCUK’s educational video for GP’s and Primary Care Clinicians – “Diagnosing GIST”. This training material has been developed by GP and Cancer Lead for Gloucestershire, Dr Sadaf Haque, working in collaboration with GIST Cancer UK and the UK’s leading GIST Sarcoma clinicians. It is designed to help GP’s and Primary […]

We were delighted to be able to host our first “In-Person” GCUK Patient & Carer meeting since 2019 in Bath on 4th March 2022. Our speakers included: – Dr Sadaf Haque who launched our Educational video for GP’s and Primary Care Clinicians “Diagnosing GIST”.  – Professor Andy Hall from RareCan, who gave an illuminating presentation on […]

GIST Cancer UK are delighted to have worked with online cancer education specailists GatewayC to develop a new course available to health professionals entitled ‘Sarcoma -Early Diagnosis’. GIST is classified as a Sarcoma This new course aims to support identification and early diagnosis of Sarcoma and GIST and increase confidence in clinical decision-making regarding referral […]

PAWS-GIST Clinic -October 2021 Well, it has been a momentous week for the PAWS-GIST Clinic.. On Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October, we hosted the first clinic since November 2019 after which everything shut down when the pandemic struck… A lot has changed in that time; – The hotel that we have used since […]

Lee Brown was first diagnosed with GIST cancer 6 years ago. Lee and his family and friends have been amazing in putting on a variety of fun challenges and events designed to raise awareness of GIST Cancer and raise funds for GIST Cancer UK. Determined to beat his target of £20,000, Lee has joined his […]