Support is requested to permit the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for the Health Sciences (UCLA/CHS) and its affiliated hospitals and physicians to continue participation as a full member in the scientific efforts of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). UCLA/CHS affiliated hospitals include Olive View Medical Center (OVMC), Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center (WVA), and Harbor General Hospital (HGH), and will be referred to as the University. The University entered SWOG as a probationary member in May 1990 with full membership status established in October 1991. Using the SWOG group mechanism as a multidisciplinary focus for clinical cancer research, the University's objectives include: (1) continue to further strengthen clinical cancer investigations at the University and within the NCI designated Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC); (2) bridge the expertise in translational research within the University to strengthen SWOG's scientific efforts; (3) become major patient contributors to the group's phase III and multimodality studies with special emphasis on recruiting minority patients to clinical trials; and (4) enhance accrual by expanding the current University CGOP relationships to include the recently established UCLA/JCCC Network sites. Specifically, the University's aim is to continue its clinical research leadership by developing appropriate proposals in its areas of expertise, utilizing the University's translational and clinical strengths as they apply to: (1) the use of biological agents, products of molecular genetics, combination cytokine therapy, gene therapy, and cellular adoptive immunotherapy, in the treatment of solid tumors; (2) integrate the JCCC Clinical Program Areas of (A) leukemia (lymphoma, myeloma), BMT, and (B) solid tumor oncology, into the three specific aims noted above; and (3) enhance the SWOG program by using UCLA/JCCC expertise in cancer control, quality of life issues including minority initiatives in breast cancer and lung cancer, survivorship issues for lymphoma patients, and behavioral modification programs. Lastly, the diverse sociocultural atmosphere of Southern California, particularly at OVMC and HGH, provides the University with a large minority patient population. This, along with the designation of UCLA/CHS as a NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, attracts patients seeking new therapeutic modalities and clinical trials and provides a large pool of patients for these studies.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Cooperative Clinical Research--Cooperative Agreements (U10)
Project #
2U10CA058348-06
Application #
2453024
Study Section
Subcommittee G - Education (NCI)
Program Officer
Kaplan, Richard S
Project Start
1993-02-05
Project End
2002-12-31
Budget Start
1998-02-01
Budget End
1998-12-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
119132785
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095
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Marshall, James R; Tangen, Catherine M; Sakr, Wael A et al. (2011) Phase III trial of selenium to prevent prostate cancer in men with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia: SWOG S9917. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:1761-9
Swain, Sandra M; Jeong, Jong-Hyeon; Geyer Jr, Charles E et al. (2010) Longer therapy, iatrogenic amenorrhea, and survival in early breast cancer. N Engl J Med 362:2053-65
Pisters, Katherine M W; Vallières, Eric; Crowley, John J et al. (2010) Surgery with or without preoperative paclitaxel and carboplatin in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: Southwest Oncology Group Trial S9900, an intergroup, randomized, phase III trial. J Clin Oncol 28:1843-9
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