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SWOG - Leading cancer research. Together. SWOG was created by the NCI in 1956 as the Southwest Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group (SWCCSG) and was headquartered in Houston, Texas. [2] Its primary purpose was to study leukemia, a cancer of the blood which primarily affects children. Then in 1958, the NCI directed the SWCCSG to include the study of ...
The Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) was a U.S. and Canadian clinical trial cooperative group created with the mission of studying childhood cancers. It was formed by the merger of the pediatric divisions of two other cooperative groups, the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the CALGB .
The NWTS was formed in 1969 [1] by member institutions from Children's Cancer Study Group (CCG), Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG), and CALGB, the latter two which later merged to form the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG). The NWTS was created with the purpose of improving survival of children with Wilms' tumor.
A. Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute; AIM at Melanoma Foundation; Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology; Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; American Association for Cancer Research
Samlowski WE, Adams NB, McGregor JR: Gene therapy of cancer using an IL-2 transmembrane construct (US 7,407,777, World 2004/080404). [8] Samlowski WE, Kondapaneni M, McGregor JR. Methods and compounds for the inhibition of eNOS activity. (US 5/23/06 US2007012410 Europe 5/23/07 077952298.4-1216)
The cooperative group system for clinical research began in 1955 with a consortium focused on childhood cancer research. [2] [3] [4] By the mid-1990s, there were nine groups funded by the NCI to conduct research in adults with cancer, and four focused on childhood cancer research.
The group changed its name to Cancer and Leukemia Group B in 1976 to reflect its role with solid tumors as well as leukemia. In March 2011, CALGB merged with two other cooperative groups, the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), to form the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.
Northwestern's Cancer Center, founded in 1974, was renamed in 1991, in recognition of a gift from Ann & Robert H. Lurie. [7]In 1996, during a visit to Chicago, Diana, Princess of Wales visited the Lurie Cancer Center to help raise money for cancer research and to benefit a cancer support group.