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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SWOG welcomes new chief of administration

Nathan Eriksen Nathan Eriksen, chief of administration for SWOG (Photo: Jay Jackson)

He’s been on board for a while, now, but in case you haven’t yet met him, Nathan Eriksen is the Southwest Oncology Group’s new(ish) chief of administration. He joined SWOG following a national search last summer, stepping into the newly formed position in the Group Chair’s office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Nathan has had a 28-year career with the University of Michigan, most recently serving for 14 years as chief administrator of the University’s School of Information.

Under the direction of the Group Chair, he has responsibility for all administrative activities within the Group and its ancillary activities, with key administrators from each of the Group offices reporting to him. He can be reached through the Group Chair’s office at (734) 998-7140 or at eriksen@umich.edu.

Got news to tell? Send it to communications@swog.org.