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.


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

November 12, 2018

Press Release: NCI-MATCH precision medicine cancer trial enrolling 7-8 new patients weekly

June 4, 2018

Press Release: NCI-MATCH precision medicine clinical trial releases new findings

June 3, 2018

Press Release: TAILORx trial finds most women with early breast cancer do not benefit from chemotherapy

June 7, 2017

Press Release: NCI-MATCH cancer trial reaches 6,000-patient tumor sequencing goal 2 years early

May 11, 2017

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group mourns the loss of Robert L. Comis, MD

September 26, 2016

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN opens COMET trial to explore the psychological impact of genetic testing in subset of NCI-MATCH trial patients

May 26, 2016

Press Release: NCI-MATCH / EAY131 trial resumes May 31

August 17, 2015

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN opens NCI-MATCH / EAY131

June 1, 2015

Press Release: NCI-MATCH / EAY131 to Open

 
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