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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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Miami Report 2015
New Horizons GIST 2015 was held in Miami from 15-17th May 2015. The aim of the meet is to improve…
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GIST Awareness Day
The Max Foundation and Friends of Max constantly strive to create awareness regarding cancer. We now have another opportunity to…
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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
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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…
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GIST Meeting Report- 8th November, 2014
The support group meeting of GIST patients was conducted as usual with
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FOM GIST Meet- 12th July’14
The Max Foundation along with Tata Memorial Hospital organized
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Gallery
Pictures from our recent GIST Support Group Meetings
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Our Lord works in mysterious ways
My dear brothers & sisters at Friends of Max ! My name is Piyush Roy and I am 43 years…
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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…
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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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