Virtual Support Group Meeting for GIST Awareness Day – Report by Vasamvada Shukla
The pandemic could not dampen the spirit of Friends of Max and The Max Foundation team, the patients and the…
20 Years of Glivec – A Milestone
Twenty years ago, on May 10th 2001, the FDA in the US approved a drug called Glivec for the treatment…
GIST Meeting and CFC Adda- 14th December’2019
Together we Share and Learn… Yes it was indeed a day of being together, sharing our knowledge and learning things…
Life Raft Group Webcast Series: Dental Healthcare in GIST
Dr. Nikhil Guhagarkar was invited by ‘The Life Raft group’ from the USA to host a webcast on Dental healthcare…
New Horizons GIST May 2019 – New Jersey, USA
Thank you Friends of Max for the opportunity to represent you at this conference. This is an Annual global GIST…
GIST Awareness Day – 13th July 2019
Here in Rashmi Sachade’s own words is her amazing and heartwarming strategy of making peace with what was once an unwelcome…
Report on GIST Patient Support Group Meeting 19 Feb
By FOM Rashmi Sachade Today I am writing about one of my most favourite event, the GIST Patient Support Group…
GIST Meet Mumbai 19 Feb 2019
GIST Support Group Meeting at Tata Memorial Hospital (Mumbai) on 19 Feb 2019 Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Rohit Pai, Markus…
NEW HORIZONS GIST 2018 – Report
by Dr Nikhil Guhagarkar Dr Nikhil Guhagarkar, Volunteer and GIST Advocate for Friends of Max (the charitable Trust and Support…
GIST Patient Support Group Meeting @ 6 Jan 2018
Report by FOM Volunteer Rashmi Sachade On the first Saturday of the year (6 Jan 2018) The Max Foundation along…
New Horizons GIST Annual Conference (1-3 Oct 2017)
Report by Dr Nikhil Guhagarkar FOM Volunteer New Horizons GIST is an annual conference dedicated to the latest advances of…
Life Raft Group USA launches new websites for GIST patients
The Life Raft Group USA, a GIST support group dedicated to finding a cure through research & patient support by…
New Horizons GIST Meet 2016
I had the good fortune of attending the New Horizons GIST meet in Sitges, Barcelona Spain in May 18-21 2016.…
6’th Annual SPAEN Conference
Proud to represent Friends of Max in the 6’th Annual SPAEN (Sarcoma Patients Euronet) in November 2015 in Chantilly, Paris.…
Miami Report 2015
New Horizons GIST 2015 was held in Miami from 15-17th May 2015. The aim of the meet is to improve…
GIST Awareness Day
The Max Foundation and Friends of Max constantly strive to create awareness regarding cancer. We now have another opportunity to…
GIST Awareness Day Meet- 13th June, 2015
Outside the weather was cloudy and it was drizzling slightly. All the GIST patients and their caregivers had gathered
GIST Support Group Meet – 12th February 2015
On the 12th of February The Max Foundation and Friends of Max organised our 3-monthly GIST meet at the Tata…
GIST Meeting Report- 8th November, 2014
The support group meeting of GIST patients was conducted as usual with
FOM GIST Meet- 12th July’14
The Max Foundation along with Tata Memorial Hospital organized
Gallery
Pictures from our recent GIST Support Group Meetings
Our Lord works in mysterious ways
My dear brothers & sisters at Friends of Max ! My name is Piyush Roy and I am 43 years…
Impact of GLIVEC on my health
I was diagnosed with secondary metastatic liver disease in November 1999, while I had been admitted to and treated at…
Important Links
The Life Raft Group: https://liferaftgroup.org/ https://liferaftgroup.org/gist-awareness-day/ GIST support International: http://www.gistsupport.org/ SPAEN …
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