Press Release Archive

Welcome to the press release archive for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. This section of the website provides a comprehensive listing of past press releases in a central location, ordered by date.

We welcome inquiries from members of the press regarding the information posted on this website. To place a media inquiry, contact the Office of Communications.


October 28, 2022

Press Release: NCI Director Monica Bertagnolli delivers her first public speech at the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group meeting

October 26, 2022

Press Release: NCI-MATCH cancer trial finds a promising signal for the AKT inhibitor ipatasertib

October 21, 2022

Press Release: Head and neck cancer researchers demonstrate the capability of a deep learning algorithm in the post-surgery setting to assess the stage of disease more accurately using standard CT scans

October 20, 2022

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN taps the University of Pennsylvania’s Selina Luger to lead its Leukemia Committee

September 27, 2022

Media Advisory: Journal of Clinical Oncology publishes outcomes from the practice-changing DREAMseq trial in patients with advanced melanoma

September 8, 2022

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN completes the first randomized phase 3 clinical trial of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with kidney cancer

July 14, 2022

Media Advisory: Blood publishes long-term outcomes of patients with CLL in the practice-changing E1912 trial

May 27, 2022

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN research highlights at ASCO 2022

May 17, 2022

Media Advisory: ECOG-ACRIN data at ASCO will showcase the Group’s robust research portfolio

March 25, 2022

Press Release: Enrollment in TMIST breast cancer screening trial surpasses halfway mark; recruitment of women from diverse backgrounds is key to success

March 16, 2022

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN opens a new NCI-MATCH treatment arm for dMMR and LAG-3-positive cancers as it continues to locate patients with BRAF mutations

December 21, 2021

Press Release: A new post-surgery approach for treating HPV-related throat cancer uses less radiation safely and spares the majority of patients from chemotherapy

November 16, 2021

Press Release: Practice-changing trial results for advanced skin cancer

November 15, 2021

Press Release: Mitchell D. Schnall re-elected as Group Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

October 6, 2021

Press Release: Chronic stress is linked to poor breast cancer outcomes

April 26, 2021

Press Release: 12 open arms in NCI-MATCH treatment trial await patients with advanced or rare cancers

October 13, 2020

Press Release: Genomic study of 6000 NCI-MATCH cancer patients leads to new clinical trial benchmarks

January 7, 2020

Press Release: NCI-MATCH finds that T-DM1 shows promising activity in salivary gland cancer

December 19, 2019

Press Release: NCI-MATCH finds promising signal for nivolumab beyond colorectal cancer

June 3, 2019

Press Release: NCI-MATCH trial finds the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib effective

 
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