| Date |
Volume |
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| 4/30/2013 |
SWOG Update, April 2013 |
SWOG Update, April 2013
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Spring 2013 Group Mtg Preview
- Study: S1216: Adding TAK-700 to ADT for metastatic prostate cancer
- SWOG News: Crowley honored with Zelen Award,
SWOG signs first IP agreement,
DCP updates its policy on Investigational New Drugs (INDs),
and the era of endorsing other groups' trials ends this summer.
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| 2/28/2013 |
SWOG Update, February 2013 |
SWOG Update, February 2013
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Spring 2013 Group Mtg: The changing of the guard
- Study: S0820: The PACES study tests chemoprevention in colon cancer survivors
- SWOG News: Howard Hochster to be SWOG's new GI chair,
Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cmte invites participation in SF,
SWOG's Statistical Center and the Medidata Rave databases harmonize,
and the Oncology Research Professionals Cmte lays out membership policy.
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| 11/30/2012 |
SWOG Update, November 2012 |
SWOG Update, November 2012
Highlights:
- Spotlight: CTCs, informed consent, health care reform, and more at Fall Mtg
- Study: S1001: Using PET to guide DLBCL treatment
- SWOG News: Update on SWOG's leadership transition process,
a call to do better with specimens for correlatives,
Erba named new Leukemia chair,
and SWOG welcomes Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
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| 9/12/2012 |
SWOG Update, September 2012 |
SWOG Update, September 2012
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Fall plenary to cover health reform and clinical trials
- Study: S1207: Adding a year of everolimus to endocrine therapy
- Study: S1211: Elotuzumab with high-risk melanoma
- SWOG News: Special symposium on circulating tumor cells in Chicago,
SWOG's first Rave trials launch,
and SWOG data shows pr ca survival improves in the PSA era.
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| 6/29/2012 |
SWOG Update, June 2012 |
SWOG Update, June 2012
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Eight SWOG oral presentations given at ASCO 2012
- Study: S1013: Validating a tool to assess EGFRI-induced skin rash
- Study: S0819: NSCLC study adds H scores, eases eligibility requirements
- SWOG News: GI chair search committee appointed,
details on SWOG's leadership transition process,
and a new feature highlights SWOG recruitment resources.
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| 4/30/2012 |
SWOG Update, April 2012 |
SWOG Update, April 2012
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Charles Blanke, M.D., is new chair-elect; LeBlanc is statistician
- Study: S1201: Can the ERCC1 biomarker be used to help select treatment?
- Studies: S1105 & S1200: Tackling aromatase-inhibitor side effects
- SWOG News: SF plenary session a dry run for fall's grant renewal,
Imaging Committee launched,
and the Nursing and CRA Committees merge.
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| 3/9/2012 |
SWOG Update, March 2012 |
SWOG Update, March 2012
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Protocol development sets records
- Study: S0927: Omega-3s to relieve AI pain
- SWOG News: Crowley will step down,
LeBlanc will step up,
and the spring meeting features some special events.
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| 12/22/2011 |
SWOG Update, December 2011 |
SWOG Update, December 2011
Highlights:
- Spotlight: S0226 combo shows promise
- Study: S0702: Revisions should make accrual easier
- Study: S0812: Vitamin D and breast cancer prevention
- SWOG News: Appelbaum steps down,
phase IIs increased to $5K capitation,
and two new SWOG Development Awards are announced.
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| 10/31/2011 |
SWOG Update, October 2011 |
SWOG Update, October 2011
Highlights:
- Spotlight: SWOG consolidates specimen banks
- Study: S1014: Complementing ADT with abiraterone acetate?
- SWOG News: Dr. Baker says no third term,
Melanoma Cmte changes leaders,
and SWOG welcomes a basic science cancer center.
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| 8/31/2011 |
SWOG Update, August 2011 |
SWOG Update, August 2011
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Fall 2011 meeting plenary links lab scientists with clinical researchers
- Study: S1011: How many nodes to dissect in radical cystectomy?
- Study: S0701: Eradicating H. pylori in Latin America
- SWOG News: Two new SWOG Development Awards granted,
a clinical trials course for new (or not so new) nurses,
and SWOG welcomes a new executive officer.
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| 6/29/2011 |
SWOG Update, June 2011 |
SWOG Update, June 2011
Highlights:
- Study: S1005: AKT inhibitor against gastric and GEJ cancer
- Study: S0833: Total Therapy 3 for myeloma comes to SWOG
- SWOG News: Seven projects to use SELECT/PCPT Biorepository resources,
new travel support for investigators outside hem-onc,
and three new patient advocates come aboard.
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| 4/29/2011 |
SWOG Update, Apr 2011 |
SWOG Update, April 2011
Highlights:
- Spotlight: S1007 RxPONDER trial launched
- Study: S0421: Interim analysis closes early
- Study: S0931: EVEREST: Everolimus in renal cancer
- SWOG News: Spring meeting wrap-up (and fashion show!),
Barlogie passes Myeloma Cmte baton to Orlowski,
and first SWOG Development Award winners.
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| 2/25/2011 |
SWOG Update, Feb 2011 |
SWOG Update, February 2011
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Spring meeting plenary focus is survivorship research
- Study: S0709: NSCLC study eligibility eased
- Study: S0919: Statins with chemo for AML
- Study: S0925: IGF-IR inhibitors with ADT
- SWOG News: The role of a nurse QOL coordinator,
Coltman Fellowships deadline approaches,
and a second chance for unfunded proposals.
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| 12/22/2010 |
SWOG Update, Dec 2010 |
SWOG Update, December 2010
Highlights:
- Spotlight: FDA's ODAC says no to finasteride for chemoprevention
- Study: S0916: "Window study" completed
- SWOG News: SWOG Development Award RFA,
GU Committee seeks transformative proposals,
and a new TM subcommittee chair for Lymphoma.
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| 11/29/2010 |
SWOG Update, November 2010 |
SWOG Update, November 2010
Highlights:
- Spotlight: SWOG, no longer just southwest
- Study: S0933: Newest trial targets Notch receptor in melanoma
- SWOG News: Update on the October meeting,
on-site training piloted,
and SWOG is 13 for 13 at ASH 2010.
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| 9/8/2010 |
SWOG Update September 2010 |
SWOG Update, September 2010
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Fall plenary will address coop group changes
- Study: S0701: H. pylori trial in Latin America reaches goal
- SWOG News: SWOG's Gynecologic Cancer Committee has closed,
a new scientific advisory structure for the Group,
and the Clinical Trials Training Course goes online.
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| 7/30/2010 |
SWOG Update July 2010 |
SWOG Update, July 2010
Highlights:
- Spotlight: Planning to reform the coop group system
- Study: S0600: Bevacizumab and metastatic colorectal cancer
- SWOG News: Changes coming to biospecimen banking at SWOG,
record retention guidelines for sites,
and a look ahead to the fall Nursing Committee Workshop.
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| 6/29/2010 |
SWOG Update June 2010 |
SWOG Update, June 2010
Highlights:
- Spotlight: SWOG looks at its successes and failures
- Study: S0702: 1st dental exam is the only one required
- Study: S0805: Related study supports dasatinib regimen
- SWOG News: Nursing Disease & Disc. Subcomm. making its mark,
specimen kits now available for 9 trials,
and SWOG's grants & contracts mgr. goes on leave.
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| 5/30/2010 |
SWOG Update May 2010 |
SWOG Update, May 2010 Highlights:
- Spotlight: IOM report urges coop group changes
- Spring 2010 Group Meeting update
- Study: S0777: Bortezomib combo for myeloma
- SWOG News: Coltman Fellows announced,
Young Investigators Course RFA issued,
and new resources for QA and audits.
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| 4/30/2010 |
SWOG Update Apr 2010 |
SWOG Update, April 2010 Highlights:
- Spotlight: SWOG treatment grant renewed
- Administrata: Speeding contract and protocol development
- Study: S0941: TKIs with biliary cancers
- SWOG News: SELECT Biorepository,
CRA Committee openings,
and SWOG ASCO abstracts.
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| 3/4/2010 |
SWOG Update Mar 2010 |
SWOG Update, March 2010 Highlights:
- Spotlight: Time to register for the spring meeting in SF
- Chair’s Corner: Clinical benefit
- SWOG News: ONS sets new CT nursing competencies,
a new patient advocate signs on,
and SWOG affiliates shine.
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| 1/29/2010 |
SWOG Update Jan 2010 |
SWOG Update, January 2010
Highlights of this edition of the SWOG Update:
- Spotlight: Latin America Initiative launches
- Chair’s Corner: SWOG foreign policy
- SWOG News: Ops joins Hope Foundation,
CRAs plan for a regulatory session in SF,
and HDOC gets a new co-chair
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| 12/22/2009 |
SWOG Update Dec 2009 |
SWOG Update, December 2009
Highlights of this edition of the SWOG Update:
- Spotlight: SWOG-8814 long-term results
- Chair’s Corner: Value vs. economy
- Study Updates: S0904: New gyn trial to test docetaxel and vandetanib in ovarian cancers
- SWOG News: SWOG's Imaging Network launched,
CRAs doing patient questionnaires need training,
and Marj Godfrey retires
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| 11/17/2009 |
SWOG Update Nov 2009 |
SWOG Update, November 2009
Highlights of this edition of the SWOG Update:
- Spotlight: SWOG's Patient Advocates
- Chair’s Corner: Welcome Dr. Val
- Study Updates: Intravesical chemo for bladder cancer, and
dasatinib for leukemia
- SWOG News: Fall Group Meeting update, recent pubs,
and better TM study tracking
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| 10/9/2009 |
SWOG Update Oct 2009 |
SWOG Update, October 2009
Highlights of this edition of the SWOG Update:
- Spotlight: SWOG's comparative effectiveness research course
- Chair’s Corner: How do we define success in SWOG trials?
- Study Updates: Side effects of a bisphosphonate, and using
a dietary supplement to fight neuropathy
- SWOG News: Stimulus funds reach SWOG, CTSU rolls out OPEN,
and the Ops Office is moving
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| 8/5/2009 |
SWOG Update Aug 2009 |
SWOG Update, August 5, 2009
Highlights of this edition of the new SWOG Update:
- Spotlight: Fall Plenary: How best to fight the war on cancer?
- Chair’s Corner: SWOG's research objectives
- Study Updates: An ongoing breast study, and a new lung study
- SWOG News: SWOG-CTI open for business; SWAT fast-track protocol review
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