News and Info

Welcome to the News and Information section of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group website. The materials posted in this section are intended to keep constituents informed of the latest news and activities of the organization. The information below includes press releases, announcements, media advisories, and links to news articles.

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Latest News

February 28, 2022

E1912 and other trials spur emergence of small molecule-inhibitor therapies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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 26, 2021

Treatment sequence impacts survival in BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma

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

November 12, 2021

NCTN group chairs, experts: Diverse representation of minorities in clinical trials and drug development saves lives

November 3, 2021

The role of allostatic load in breast cancer treatment and survival

November 1, 2021

Dr. Stephanie Patterson speaks about the TMIST breast cancer screening trial

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

 
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