God bless I'm Majorie Canaveral my husband diagnosed gist-metastatic laSt June 2014 after 1 year the GIST RECCURRENCE He taking 600 mg gleevec by donation for Novartis but based from ctscan monitoring result the tumor is enlarging The doctor prescribes sutent-sunitinib but in Philippines we have no program to donate sutent-sunitinib for eligible patient My husband is fairly young he is 35 years old I hoped we can help he is a fighter and he wants to live longer
I am a medical oncologist and Co-Leader of the Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Disease Management Team. I have a special interest in new therapies for the treatment of soft-tissue and bone sarcomas. My attention is focused on new drugs to treat metastatic disease. In particular, I am investigating new drugs to attack novel molecular targets for this rare and varied group of more than 50 types of cancer. I am also trying to develop vaccines against sarcomas that "teach" the immune system to attack tumor cells but not normal cells.
Education
M.D., Cornell University Medical College; Ph.D., Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Residencies
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowships
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology
Clinical Expertise
Sarcomas of Soft Tissue and Bone; Gastrointestinal Cancers
