SWOG Update
August 5, 2009

Contents  
Welcome to edition #1 of the 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.

 
Chair's Corner  
Why we do what we do
Laurence H. Baker photo Our mission is straightforward: to make progress in the prevention and cure of cancer through clinical research. Our research objectives define how we work to accomplish our mission. [more]

Study Updates  

S0500: Counting CTCs to evaluate breast cancer treatment
How effective of a barometer is CTC level in measuring the efficacy of treatment in a clinical setting, and can that measurement be used to extend lives? [more]

cetuximab molecule S0819 adds a new drug to a standard lung cancer therapy
SWOG's newest study will compare outcomes for lung cancer patients given an accepted standard treatment to outcomes for patients given the same treatment plus cetuximab. [more]

 
In the News  
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Spring Group Meeting

Whether running or walking, Crush the Crab

The Crush the Crab 5K run at the Spring Group Meeting in San Francisco included a new feature for those of us more easily winded: a one-kilometer walk.

"The new 1K walk option opens up the event to almost everyone at the Group Meetings," says Group Chair Laurence Baker, D.O.

No mistake about it, though, the winners in San Francisco ran. The race went to these swift:
(Click on a photo to enlarge.)

Crush the Crab winners: Men – 40 and under:
1st:: Douglas Nelson, M.D.
2nd: Brad McGregor, M.D.
3rd: Khanh Bui
Crush the Crab winners: Women – 40 and under:
1st: Sharon Giordano, M.D.
2nd: Johanna Horn, M.S.W.
3rd: Tanya Brubaker, R.N.

Crush the Crab winners: Men – 41-54:
1st: Peter Van Veldhuizen, M.D.
2nd: Harry Erba, M.D., Ph.D.
3rd: Daruka Mahadevan, M.D., Ph.D.

Crush the Crab winners: Women – 41-54:
1st: Karen Hueftle
2nd: Diann Fischesser, R.N., M.S.N.
3rd: Maria Elena Martinez, Ph.D.

Crush the Crab winners: Men – 55 and over:
1st: James Hueftle, M.D.
2nd: Louis Fehrenbacher, M.D.
3rd: Benjamin Marchello, M.D.

Crush the Crab winners: Women – 55 and over:
1st: Elaine Armstrong, M.S.
2nd: Sheela Tejwani, M.D.
3rd: Julie Kish, M.D.

(Photos: Melissa Navarro)

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