Personalized treatment

September 20, 2021

Ongoing Trial: The INDICATE trial is testing ways to personalize treatment for men with prostate cancer that returns after surgery

The study will assess if PET/CT scans can help identify patients who may have better outcomes from adding customized therapy to standard-of-care treatment
June 8, 2020

Now Enrolling: The DECREASE trial seeks to decrease treatment side effects – and improve quality of life – for people with early-stage anal cancer

This study is evaluating whether lower doses of chemoradiation will be able to effectively treat early-stage anal squamous cell carcinoma while also decreasing side effects.
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.