The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) have combined organizations to become the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN).
The clinical research alliance has merged oncology research activities into three areas:
- Early detection and diagnosis of cancer
- Biomarker-driven phase II and phase III therapeutic studies for multiple cancer types and stages
- Genetic, molecular, and imaging marker research to predict and monitor treatment response
Integration efforts are currently under way to develop the business, administrative, and scientific framework for ECOG-ACRIN's research portfolio through public and private support.
![A 53-year-old patient (patient number four) with a recurrent pituitary adenoma with extension of a cystic component of disease to the medial temporal lobe apparent on MRI (contoured in blue), and extension of disease to the left sphenoid bone and orbital apex apparent on [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE (contoured in yellow).](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/pituitary-tumor.QGsEnyB4bU.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
