The PEAK trial is now open at various UK centres and may be relevant for those for whom imatinib is not working. You can access further details from the clinical trials section of this site.
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GIST News
Merry Christmas to all
The GCUK Board would like to extend their appreciation to everyone for their work during the past year in supporting the charity, fellow patients and family, and wish you a merry festive season and best wishes for 2024.
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Combination treatment with avelumab and regorafenib has shown activity in patients with relapsed/refractory gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), according to research presented at the ESMO Congress 2023.
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The Autumn Newsletter has arrived with updates on a range of GIST-related matters. GIST Cancer UK October Newsletter
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Videos of the sessions at the October 2023 Patient Carer meeting held in Leeds are now available on the Patient Meetings 2023 section of this site.
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The outcome of the recent Intrigue study which compared the effectiveness and side effects associated with these drugs can be found here
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The Life Raft. Group (the US equivalent of GIST Cancer UK) hold a series of online events that may be of interest to patients and carers in the UK. The next one is on September 18th and is entitled: Managing the side-effects of GIST therapies.
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The Board of Trustees continue to look at how the charity operates in order to keep costs low and bureaucracy to a minimum. Following a review of our financial structure, we are reducing the number of bank accounts we have and instead starting to utilise facilities that attract bank interest. To facilitate this, we ask […]
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The annual Scottish patient meeting will take place on Friday, 1st December 2023 at the Cosla Conference Centre, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh EJ12 5BH. To book a place please email meetings@gistcancer.org.uk
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The May edition of our new newsletter is now available and can be downloaded here. GIST Cancer UK May Newsletter
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