This post is part of our SWOG Stories series, a collection of diverse perspectives from doctors, recruiters, members, patient advocates, and others across the Group. You can listen to all of these wonderful conversations here. “We built an incredible network of connections.” – Karen Anderson Karen Anderson, former leader of Recruitment and Retention at the …
Nov. 3, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SWOG Expands Cancer Clinical Trial Access for U.S. Military Veterans PORTLAND, OR – For the second year, SWOG, the cancer clinical trials network, and its charity, The Hope Foundation, are providing $125,000 to five U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to expand access to cancer clinical trials. …
You Give $100,000. Young Investigator Programs Get $200,000. Join our matching gift campaign. 2016 Goal $100,000 (82% Reached) [wppb progress=82 option=red fullwidth=true] As SWOG turns 60, more than 200,000 trial participants have been enrolled. Let’s raise $200,000 in their honor. When SWOG members give a total of $100,000 in 2016, The Hope Foundation will double …
60 Never Looked So Good! Over 800 SWOG members, industry professionals, corporate representatives, and cancer research advocates gathered for the fall 2016 group meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago Sept. 14-17. Throughout four days, 30 disease, research, and administrative committees met to review progress, identify needs, and plan future research directions. “Over the course of our 60-year …
The 2016 participants for SWOG‘s Young Investigator Training Course (YITC) to be held in Seattle from Sept. 26-28 were reviewed and selected in late August. The YITC is SWOG’s premier education opportunity for early career investigators, and remains a major way that new trials and new leaders get into SWOG’s network. This year’s cohort includes: Uma M. …
2016 Coltman Fellows Melissa Accordino, MD, of Columbia University Medical Center, and Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, of the Yale University School of Medicine have been awarded Coltman Fellowships from The Hope Foundation. Accordino’s fellowship will support her work comparing disease monitoring in patients with metastatic breast and colorectal cancers. Chiang will utilize Hope support for her efforts …
Once again, we closed out April in sunny San Francisco participating in the Spring 2016 SWOG Group Meeting. The Twitter highlights below, collected from the #SWOGonc and #SWOGturns60 hashtags, provide a brief introduction to a few of the engaging events and conversations held throughout the week. After six decades, SWOG is reflecting on 1,300 clinical trials and honoring …
SWOG Chair Dr. Charles Blanke previews the SWOG spring 2016 meeting and 60th anniversary. Originally published on the SWOG Front Line April 1, 2016 – When we gather together in San Francisco at the end of this new month, we will kick off our 60th anniversary celebration. Big milestones invite reflection – on what we’ve done and …
Because answers to cancers come from clinical trials Since 1956, more than 200,000 participants have enrolled in SWOG-led studies; the resulting advancements in treatment and prevention have improved the lives of millions more. Why Cancer Clinical Trials? from The Hope Foundation on Vimeo. More about the group: SWOG has roughly 5,000 affiliated physician researchers – along …
Help us honor six decades of collaborative cancer research SWOG is a worldwide network of researchers that design and conduct cancer clinical trials. The Group’s goal is to change medical practice so it improves the lives of people with cancer. Since 1978, SWOG has held Group Meetings twice yearly to review progress, conduct Group business, and …
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