SWOG Update
October 2009
Contents  
Welcome to the October 2009 SWOG Update.

For all members and friends of the Southwest Oncology Group, the SWOG Update will keep you informed of what's happening with the Group. News to report? Send it to communications@swog.org.

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Chair's Corner  
How should we spell success?
Laurence H. Baker photo Questions of how we define success in cancer research and how costs should factor into that definition have been much in the news. [more]

Study Updates  

S0702: Zoledronic acid and ONJ risk
Patients taking zoledronic acid seem to face an increased risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ. S0702 seeks answers. [more]

Dawn Hershman, M.D. S0715: Does ALC prevent neuropathy?
Pain and numbness in hands and feet is a common side effect of taxane-based chemotherapy. Can the dietary supplement acetyl-L-carnitine prevent it? [more]

 
Don't Miss It  
Visualization of MCF-7 genome depicting somatic breast tumor chromosomal rearrangements. (Hampton, et al. Genome Res. 2009 Feb; 19(2); 167-177.) The War on Cancer: Raise the bar, or move the goal line?

Plenary Session
SWOG Fall 2009 Group Meeting
Friday, October 23, 12:15 - 2:45 pm
Gold Level, Regency B - D
Hyatt Regency Chicago
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Megan Othus, PhD, joins SWOG as statistician for melanoma and leukemia

photo of Megan Othus, Ph.D. Megan Othus, Ph.D., new SWOG faculty statistician for melanoma and leukemia
SWOG welcomes a new faculty statistician, Megan Othus, PhD, who joined the Group via the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle in August.

Megan earned her PhD from Harvard and says she is excited to be returning to the Northwest, where she was raised.

She will be working with the Melanoma and Leukemia Committees. If you also work with one of those committees, please introduce yourself to Megan at the Chicago Group Meeting.


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