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 19, 2023

It’s a MATCH: Peter O’Dwyer on the Future of Precision Oncology

October 19, 2023

The September/October 2023 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

October 17, 2023

Associated Press runs international story to highlight the TMIST breast cancer screening trial

October 10, 2023

The Fall 2023 advocacy blog Considering Clinical Trials is now available

October 6, 2023

The effect of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage on smoking status, quit attempts, and receipt of cessation support among adults with cancer: Results from nine ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group trials

September 28, 2023

Cancer Trials Ireland podcast hosts Peter O’Dwyer for a ‘Learnings from NCI-MATCH’ conversation

September 28, 2023

NIH podcast features Peter O’Dwyer and Lyndsay Harris on the profound impacts of precision medicine and genomic sequencing on cancer care

September 14, 2023

Brown University’s Jon Steingrimsson named Associate Group Statistician

September 8, 2023

European Urology Focus publishes an update on the EA8212 (BRIDGE) trial for early bladder cancer

August 25, 2023

The July/August 2023 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

August 9, 2023

Attention CRAs: Travel funds are available for the Fall 2023 Group Meeting (apply now)

August 3, 2023

Dr. Barbara Burtness, Head and Neck Cancer Committee Chair, on a new way to classify HPV-associated head and neck cancers

August 3, 2023

AACR’s Clinical Cancer Research publishes a review article, “The New NCI Precision Medicine Trials”

August 3, 2023

Researchers identify two new subtypes of HPV-associated head and neck cancers

July 31, 2023

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes the discovery of two new subtypes of HPV-associated head and neck cancers

July 26, 2023

Attention medical and research trainees: Applications are now being accepted for the Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD Health Equity Travel Scholarship to attend the Fall 2023 Group Meeting

July 20, 2023

Press Release: ECOG-ACRIN adds a new treatment trial to the ComboMATCH precision medicine initiative

July 20, 2023

Dr. Pamela Kunz on what’s next after the successful E2211 trial for patients with neuroendocrine tumors

July 19, 2023

The Summer 2023 advocacy blog, Considering Clinical Trials, is now available

June 30, 2023

The May/June 2023 News from ECOG-ACRIN blog is now available

 
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