The Magic of Machu Picchu

August 26, 2016
Group Chair

I’m actually finishing this Front Line post on a plane. I was just in Peru, attending and speaking at the clinical trials training course put on by SWOG and CRAB for a highly interested group of 50 cancer physicians, scientists, and research staff at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas in Lima.

I did (just this once!) take a bit of extra time to hike the Inka Trail and climb Wayna Picchu, all preparatory for our next Seven Summits fundraiser, of course. Enjoy these waning days of summer - and see you back here next week. To state the obvious, we are really taking cancer research to new heights! Together.

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The Front Line is a blog kept by SWOG Chairs Dawn L. Hershman, MD, and Primo N. Lara, Jr., MD. The chairs use these Friday postings to update SWOG members on what the leadership of their cooperative group is working on, and to solicit members' thoughts on topics important to the group.

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