Treatments for GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumor) didn’t just transform care for one rare cancer; it helped revolutionize cancer treatment for all solid tumors.

Once practically unheard of, and extremely difficult to treat, GIST became a model of targeted therapy—with response rates that were previously unheard of. Today, it’s among the best-understood of all cancers.

Taken together, these two things make GIST one of our best hopes for obtaining a cure. As already shown in the past, lessons learned in curing GIST should translate to other cancers as well.

This GIST On The Road tour is about sharing awareness of GIST and raising funds to continue patient support and research on the path to a cure.