ASTRO UPDATE--Study Shows Shorter Radiotherapy Schedule With 3DCRT

by Barbara Kram, Editor | September 22, 2008

ASTRO Abstract #6, Initial Efficacy Results of RTOG 0319: Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT) Confined to the Region of the Lumpectomy Cavity for Stage I/ II Breast Carcinoma, is available at http://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(08)00990-5/fulltext.

Information about RTOG is available at www.rtog.org.

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In addition to Dr. Vicini, authors include: K. Winter, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Philadelphia, PA; J. Wong, Washington University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; H. Pass, John Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; R. Rabinovitch, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY; S. Chafe, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Aurora, CO; D. Arthur, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada; I. Petersen, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA; J. White, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and B. McCormick, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. The research was funded by National Cancer Institute grants CA21661, CA37422, and 32115.

The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) is a clinical research enterprise of the American College of Radiology (ACR), located in the ACR Philadelphia, PA office. RTOG is a multi-institutional international clinical cooperative group funded primarily by National Cancer Institute grants CA21661, CA32115 and CA37422. RTOG has 40 years of experience in conducting clinical trials and is comprised of over 300 major research institutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The group currently is currently accruing to 40 studies that involve radiation therapy alone or in conjunction with surgery and/or chemotherapeutic drugs or which investigate quality of life issues and their effects on the cancer patient.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is a national professional organization serving more than 32,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

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