Monday, September 15, 2008

"Town Hall" Q&A - Pre-meeting Question Request

November 1st GIST GATHERING UPDATE


TOWN HALL PANEL DISCUSSION – Pre-meeting Question Request


After Ben Tan MD completes his keynote presentation the meeting it will turn into a “Town Hall” panel discussion with a lengthy opportunity for you to ask you’re most concerning questions directly to the assembled GIST Healthcare Professional Panel.

To insure that this portion of the meeting is a success could you forward us 1 to 3 of your most important questions so that we can make those questions available in list form at the meeting. (Your name, if provided, will be with-held from the question list for privacy and anonymity reasons)

Please focus your questions to the following areas:

· Diagnosis and Treatment
· Disease management
· GIST Surgery
· Drug Regimens, Clinical Trials and Research & Development

There will also be an open microphone for those who think of questions during the panel discussion.


PLEASE HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS TO US BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 2008


Email your questions to:
giststlouis@hotmail.com

Friday, September 12, 2008

Second GIST Gathering - November 1st, 2008

Patients and caregivers come and join us for our second St. Louis GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) Gathering


Saturday, November 1st
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM



Siteman Cancer Center/Barnes-Jewish Hospital North
The Brown Room in the Steinberg Building
4950 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110


Join us for a day to meet others that are facing the same health concerns as you and your caregivers.

· Hear keynote speaker Benjamin Tan, MD present on medical treatments, clinical studies and future drugs.

· Extended Q&A with a physician, a nurse practitioner and a pharmacist to field disease management questions.


Please resister by: October 17th, 2008
To register, call (800)600-3606


Parking: For FREE CONFERENCE PARKING in the North Garage, bring in your parking ticket with you.

We will be providing food in the morning as well as a hot lunch! We do hope that you can make it and we certainly look forward to seeing you all again.

Please email me at campbellksoup@hotmail.com or call me at 314-518-5768 with any questions you may have.


Thank You,
Katie Campbell