Tour de Cure grants for TROG Cancer Research trials

Tour de Cure grants support two valuable TROG trials

9 January 2025: Two important TROG Cancer Research trials investigating liver cancer and brain metastases resulting from other advanced cancers are set to progress to the next level, after successfully gaining a total of $250,000 in grants from the Tour de Cure cancer charity. Tackling hepatocellular cancer The TROG

GenesisCare Foundation $300,000 donation to support TROG work

7 January 2025: TROG Cancer Research is advancing vital cancer research, with the support of a generous $300,000 donation from the GenesisCare Foundation. The donation will support TROG’s work to promote the prevention and control of cancer through cancer research, in line with our objectives, mission and strategic goals

Extended follow-up of TROG 99.03 lymphoma trial published

5 December 2024: Study shows huge improvement in progression-free survival with adjuvant rituximab containing therapy. Newly published findings of extended follow-up from a TROG Cancer Research trial of radiotherapy plus chemo-immunotherapy in follicular lymphoma (TROG 99.03 – Follicular lymphoma) provide valuable evidence in support of changing the current standard

Meet TROG President: A/Prof Puma Sandaresan

28 November 2024: In this Q&A, TROG President A/Prof Puma Sundaresan talks about her passion for patient-centred cancer care, her vision for TROG and future directions for radiation medicine research. Q: What attracted you to the field of radiation oncology, and drives your continued passion for this field? A:

Trek4TROG team 2024 in Blue Mountains

Trek4TROG team rise to Blue Mountains challenge

November 2024: Congratulations to the Trek4TROG team for successfully completing our second annual fundraising hike in the Blue Mountains in October. The team of nine adventurous trekkers, including TROG staff and members, took on the challenge of a spectacular one-day hike through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, to

RAIDER trial publication

Promising new results from RAIDER trial published

24 October 2024: Newly published findings from the ICR-CTSU/2014/10049/TROG 14.02 RAIDER trial offer promise for the use of complex adaptive radiotherapy as an alternative to radical surgery for bladder cancer. The RAIDER team published their significant phase II trial findings in the European Urology journal in October. The trial,

New Cancer Australia grant supports TROG work

23 October 2024: TROG Cancer Research is thrilled to be among 14 clinical trial groups awarded new Cancer Australia funding with a combined total of almost $22.2 million to support vital work in improving cancer care and outcomes. Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP,

Diversity, equity and inclusion at heart of TROG work

15 October 2024: TROG Cancer Research has made a commitment to embracing the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across all aspects of our work, with the launch of a new DEI policy. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Policy provides guidelines to ensure DEI principles are embedded

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A plan for the future of cancer research

12 September 2024: TROG Cancer Research has outlined how it plans to further the organisation’s vital work advancing and diversifying radiation medicine research over the next three years. The TROG Cancer Research Strategic Plan 2024-2026 outlines our strategic priorities, key initiatives that will be undertaken over the three-year-period, and

TOPGEAR trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine

TOPGEAR trial findings published in NEJM

18 September 2024: We’re thrilled to announce the release of globally significant results from the AGITG TOPGEAR study on which TROG collaborated, providing practice-changing evidence about preoperative chemoradiotherapy for gastric cancer. The findings, announced simultaneously at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Barcelona, Spain and published in