GIST Cancer UK News
Please see the latest news, research and findings below...
PAWS GIST Paper appears in SIOPE 2011 Newsletter
Jayne Bressington has written a paper on PAWS GIST for the Newsletter of SIOPE (European organisation for the support of paediatric oncology). Click here to download the newsletter as a PDF. Jayne’s article is on pages 16 and 17.
Continue reading →SPAEN Meeting in Berlin – November 2011
Three members of GIST Support UK attended this meeting of the Sarcoma PAtients EuroNet in Berlin in November. Click here to read Jayne Bressington’s report.
Continue reading →GIST Patient Meeting in London – October 2011
We had a very successful patient meeting in London on Thursday 20th October in London. See our Video Reports of this meeting. Our next meeting will be in April 2012. This will be announced on this site when further information is available.
Continue reading →Regorafenib to be fast-tracked by US authorities
The assessment of Bayer HealthCare’s investigational drug regorafenib for the treatment of stomach tumoursis to be fast-tracked by US authorities for the treatment of stomach tumours Click here to read the report.
Continue reading →Results of 36 month adjuvant trial of imatinib for high-risk GISTs
ASCO 2011 News reports that 36 months adjuvant Imatinib treatment for high risk GISTs improves recurrence-free survival (RFS) and even overall survival (OS). Click here to read the report.
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