On July 13, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) Awareness Day in Canada and the U.S., Life Raft Group Canada (LRGC) announced the inaugural “Glenita Mungcal GIST Research Award”, in aid of GIST research in Canada, to Dr. Yoo-Joung Ko, a medical oncologist at Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto.
GIST is a rare, life-threatening cancer of the digestive system. Several hundred Canadians are diagnosed with GIST every year. GIST strikes randomly; neither risk factors nor ways to prevent it are known.
