June 7, 2020

Now Enrolling: The CompassHER2 pCR trial is determining if certain patients with early-stage HER2 positive breast cancer may benefit from reduced chemotherapy

The purpose of this study is to find out if some patients with early-stage HER2 positive breast cancer can safely be treated with less chemotherapy than is generally used.
June 6, 2020

Trial Results: ECOG-ACRIN plans to conduct a randomized phase 3 trial aimed at sparing people with oropharynx cancer unnecessary side effects from treatment, based on the recent results of phase 2 study E3311

This study showed that surgery followed by low-dose radiation alone led to very good outcomes, similar to surgery with standard-dose radiation, preserving patients’ throat function and potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects.