 A project of the Life Raft Group (LRG), Pathway to a Cure began in 2006 with a five-year strategic plan to find ways to help those who are failing to respond to current GIST therapies.
Through the project, the Group is working to be build new research paradigms that will produce better and faster research results for those living with GIST and, ultimately, other cancers. Instead of handing over money to cancer research and just waiting for answers, the Life Raft Group opted to direct a more focused approach on areas that are crucial to fast track a cure. With this approach, they have entered into a successful partnership with the research community because they see the value that patients bring to the decision-making table. The LRG has funded the top GIST scientists in the world, known as the LRG Dream Team to collaborate and coordinate their efforts to bring us to a cure.
The goals of the Pathway to a Cure are simply:
1. Turn GIST from a life-threatening illness into a chronic disease.
2. Find a cure.
Unfortunately, since they are based in the USA donations made to the the Life Raft Group are not tax deductible for Canadians. However, the LRG is hoping to change that soon with the newly established branch of their organization, Life Raft Group Canada. LRG Canada is currently registered as a nonprofit society however their charitable status is not quite been acquired yet.
For more, visit the following:
Watch the Life Raft Group's Imagine Research Video.
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