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

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

June 22, 2023

The ECOG-ACRIN Clinical Research Associates (CRA) Core Committee is seeking candidates

June 16, 2023

Media Advisory: Nature Medicine publishes key lessons from NCI-MATCH to guide future precision medicine trials

June 1, 2023

Press Release: ComboMATCH investigators are translating robust pre-clinical evidence for new anti-cancer drug combinations into a series of early-phase clinical trials

May 31, 2023

NCI-MATCH named among five innovative oncology therapies changing the game

May 31, 2023

Your daily guide to ASCO 2023 research presentations by ECOG-ACRIN and PrECOG

May 30, 2023

Group leaders talk with The Cancer Letter about the cisplatin chemotherapy shortage (login required)

 
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