Doctors Ying Xiao and Tim Fox to Lead Medical Physics Committee

posted on May 14, 2013 19:29

The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) recently announced the appointments of Ying Xiao, PhD, FAAPM, as chair of the RTOG Medical Physics Committ...

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RTOG Newsletter Available

posted on April 20, 2013 16:17

The Volume 1 2013 edition of the RTOG Newsletter is now available on the RTOG Web site. Download your copy today. RTOG Newsletter - Clic...

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Walter J. Curran, Jr, MD Gives Congressonal Testimony

posted on March 14, 2013 16:33

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, executive director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, and chair of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (...

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RTOG Study Confirms Superior Treatment Regimen for Patients with Larynx Cancer

posted on February 28, 2013 14:06

The long-term results of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trial 91-11 A Comparison of Three Nonsurgical Treatment Strategies to Preserve th...

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RTOG, NSABP and GOG Begin Integration into NRG Oncology

posted on February 13, 2013 18:41

With the submission of the NRG Oncology grant proposal to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on January 15, the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and...

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RTOG Investigator Dr. Mack Roach, III to Serve on President Obama’s National Cancer Advisory Board

posted on December 26, 2012 17:23

President Obama announced his intention to appoint Mack Roach, III, MD, FACR, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology at the University of...

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Updated RTOG 9811 Results Published in the JCO

posted on November 14, 2012 18:56

Patients with anal canal cancer treated with the widely accepted standard therapy of radiotherapy (RT) plus concurrent fluorouracil (5-FU) and mitomyc...

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Info for NCTN Lead Academic Site Applicants

posted on November 14, 2012 17:18

Info for NCTN Lead Academic Site Applicants Dear RTOG Member Sites, Any RTOG member sites responding to the NCI fund...

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RTOG 0614 Resuts at ASTRO 2012: Memantine Shown to Have Cognition Benefit

posted on October 29, 2012 14:03

Results reported at ASTRO 2012 show patients enrolled in RTOG 0614 who received memantine were 55% less likely to experience cognitive decline at six ...

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RTOG 9804 Results at ASTRO 2012: Radiotherapy for "Good Risk" DCIS

posted on October 29, 2012 13:52

Results of the RTOG 9804, the first randomized, multi-center trial evaluating treatment with radiation therapy vs. observation for women with “good ri...

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