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

May 14, 2024

NCCN recommends universal testing for MSI and dMMR for all newly diagnosed gastric cancer patients

May 8, 2024

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN adds another trial to the ComboMATCH precision oncology study platform

May 1, 2024

Jefferson Health earns Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from NCI

May 1, 2024

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

April 24, 2024

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN research at ASCO 2024

April 15, 2024

Boston Gene announces participation in ComboMATCH

April 9, 2024

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

April 4, 2024

The Spring 2024 advocacy blog Considering Clinical Trials is now available

April 3, 2024

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN Breast Cancer Committee chair Antonio Wolff tapped to co-lead the NCI Breast Cancer Steering Committee

March 20, 2024

Press Release: ARPA-H appoints Etta Pisano to lead its Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness Initiative

March 7, 2024

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

March 4, 2024

Press Release: NCI-MATCH cancer trial discovers a potentially broader role for an established dual HER2-blocking treatment

March 1, 2024

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

February 28, 2024

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

February 16, 2024

AACR’s Clinical Cancer Research publishes a review article, “Tumor-Specific Activity of Precision Medicines in the NCI-MATCH Trial”

February 9, 2024

The January/February 2024 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

February 3, 2024

ECOG-ACRIN pays tribute to Edith Mitchell, MD

February 2, 2024

Edith P. Mitchell, health-care trailblazer, civil rights pioneer, and retired Air Force brigadier general, has died at 76 (obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

February 1, 2024

Nomination Period Now Open: 2024 Remarkable Mentor to Women in Oncology Award (deadline March 7)

January 29, 2024

Edith Mitchell, medical oncologist, champion of health equity, and brigadier general, dies at 76 (obituary, The Cancer Letter)

 
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