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

October 11, 2024

Journal of Clinical Oncology publishes RTOG 1106/ACRIN 6697 results: Midtreatment PET-adapted radiotherapy dose escalation fails to improve outcomes for lung cancer patients

October 11, 2024

Mid-treatment PET-adapted radiotherapy dose escalation fails to improve outcomes for lung cancer patients: Results of NRG-RTOG1106/ECOG-ACRIN 6697

October 10, 2024

Women in medicine month: celebrating women advancing radiology (mentions TMIST investigator Rita Freimanis, MD)

September 26, 2024

The Fall 2024 advocacy blog Considering Clinical Trials is now available

September 20, 2024

The September 2024 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

September 18, 2024

Press Release: Cancer Cooperative Group leaders propose a re-engineering of the nation’s correlative science program for cancer

September 10, 2024

Press Release: Chemotherapy before surgery helps patients with nose and sinus cancer avoid debilitating eye and bone removal

September 6, 2024

Attention APPs: Travel funds are available for the Fall 2024 Group Meeting (apply now)

September 5, 2024

Attention CRAs: Travel funds are available for the Fall 2024 Group Meeting (apply now)

August 30, 2024

Registration is now open for the Fall 2024 Group Meeting

August 30, 2024

Attention medical and research trainees: Applications are now being accepted for the Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD Health Equity Travel Scholarship to attend the Fall 2024 Group Meeting

August 29, 2024

How the CompassHER2 pCR trial (EA1181) and other novel studies seek to optimize HER2+ breast cancer management

August 28, 2024

Attention radiation oncologists and trainees: Travel funds are available for the Fall 2024 Group Meeting (apply now)

August 21, 2024

How a patient’s role in a clinical trial for acute lymphocytic leukemia brought a cancer-free diagnosis, FDA approval

August 21, 2024

The implications of the E3311 trial in HPV+ head and neck cancer: Dr. Ranee Mehra

August 20, 2024

Blinatumomab improves 3-year overall survival in B-ALL versus chemotherapy (study E1910)

August 17, 2024

Nivolumab’s role in esophageal cancer neoadjuvant therapy: Dr. Jennifer Eads (study EA2174)

August 14, 2024

The August 2024 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

August 1, 2024

Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care cancer clinics join the EAQ211 trial, which seeks to determine why young lymphoma survivors are at high risk for other health problems

July 24, 2024

Press Release: New England Journal of Medicine publishes practice-changing E1910 trial results

 
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