ACRIN, RTOG Receive ASCO Honor
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network and the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, the ACR’s prominent research divisions, were among the National Cancer Institute-designated cooperative groups to be honored with the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Distinguished Service Award for Scientific Leadership. The award, recognizing the groups for their leadership over the past 50 years, will be presented at ASCO’s annual meeting in June in Chicago.
“It is a great privilege to receive this recognition in the company of the NCI therapeutic cooperative groups,” said ACRIN Chair Bruce J. Hillman, M.D. “The cooperative groups are the research engine primarily responsible for the major advances that we see emerging in today’s improved cancer care.”
For more information on the ACR’s critical research efforts, please visit the ACRIN Web site and the RTOG Web site.