{"entity":{"id":"gist-support-international","kind":"institution","name":"GIST Support International","aka":["GSI"],"tldr":"A US patient group for people with gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) and their carers: an email list, phone pals, GIST summits and expert-answered questions.","summary":"GIST Support International says on its home page that, because GIST is a rare cancer, it helps patients understand their disease and their options for care. It offers an email listserv, a phone pals programme, a Facebook group and GIST Summits where patients and caregivers can meet, and a forum where physicians, researchers and other experts answer questions. Its news pages cover ripretinib (Qinlock) and the INVICTUS and INTRIGUE trials, the NIH clinic for wild-type and paediatric GIST, and a memorial fund for research. The IRS lists it as a 501(c)(3) charity in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with tax exemption from March 2005.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"GIST Support International home page","url":"https://www.gistsupport.org/"},{"label":"IRS record (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200996949"}],"tags":[],"related":["life-raft-group"],"cancers":["gist"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":["ripretinib"],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Doylestown, PA","country":"US","lat":40.31,"lng":-75.13,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.gistsupport.org","programs":["Email listserv and Facebook group","Phone pals programme","GIST Summits","Expert-answered questions","Lee Ann Lamb Memorial research fund"]},"route":"/institutions/gist-support-international/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"life-raft-group","kind":"institution","name":"The Life Raft Group","route":"/institutions/life-raft-group/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"gist","kind":"cancer","name":"Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST)","route":"/cancers/gist/"}],"drug":[{"id":"ripretinib","kind":"drug","name":"Ripretinib","route":"/drugs/ripretinib/"}]}}