Study Groups

This page contains information on various current and historical study groups. Definitions of acronyms are also available at the glossary. Additional links and resources are here, courtesy of ESMO.

General cancer

==ACCOG== Anglo-Celtic Cooperative Oncology Group ==ACOSOG== American College of Surgeons Oncology Group ==AERO== Association Européenne de Recherche en Oncologie ==AGMT== Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie ==AIO== Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie ==CALGB== Cancer and Leukemia Group B ==CECOG== Central European Cooperative Oncology Group ==CRUK== Cancer Research UK ==ECOG== Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group ==ECOG-ACRIN== Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network ==EORTC== European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer ==FNCLCC== Federation Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer ==GERCOR== Group Coopérateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie (Multidisciplinary Group in Oncology) ==GIVIO== Gruppo Interdisciplinare Valutazione Interventi in Oncologia ==GOIM== Gruppo Oncologico Dell’Italia Meridionale ==GOIRC== Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research) ==GONO== Gruppo Oncologico Nord-Ouest (North-West Oncology Group) ==GOSCI== Gruppo Oncologico Centro-Sud-Isole ==HeCOG== Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group ==HOG== Hoosier Oncology Group ==HORG== Hellenic Oncology Research Group ==HOVON== Dutch Haemato-Oncology Cooperative Study Group ==ICCG== The International Collaborative Cancer Group ==JCOG== Japan Clinical Oncology Group ==JFMC== Japanese Foundation for Multidisciplinary Treatment of Cancer ==KCSG== Korean Cancer Study Group ==MCSGO== Multi-center Clinical Study Group of Osaka ==NCCTG== North Central Cancer Treatment Group ==NCIC-CTG== National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group ==NEJ== North-East Japan Study Group ==OSHO== Ostdeutsche Studiengruppe Hamato-Onkologie (East German Study Group of Hematology and Oncology) ==SAKK== Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research ==SECSG== Southeastern Cancer Study Group ==SICOG== Southern Italy Cooperative Oncology Group ==SWOG== Southwest Oncology Group ==TCOG== Tokyo Cooperative Oncology Group ==TOG== Turkish Oncology Group ==UK MRC== United Kingdom Medical Research Council ==UK NCRI== United Kingdom National Cancer Research Institute ==UNICANCER== National Federation of French Cancer Centres ==WJOG== West Japan Oncology Group ==WSG== West German Study Group

Hematology-focused

===ALLG=== Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group ===COSAH=== Cooperative Study Group A for Hematology ===GIMEMA=== Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche Maligne dell'Adulto ===PETHEMA=== Programa para el Estudio de la Terapéutica en Hemopatía Maligna

Pediatrics-focused

===CCG=== Children's Cancer Group ===COG=== Children's Oncology Group ===DCOG=== Dutch Childhood Oncology Group ===POG=== Pediatric Oncology Group ===SFCE=== Société Française des Cancers de l'Enfant et l'adolescent (French Society of Pediatric Oncology) ===SFOP=== Société Française d'Oncologie Ped́iatrique

Radiation oncology-focused

===RTOG=== Radiation Therapy Oncology Group ===SFRO=== Société Francophone de Radiothérapie Oncologique ===TROG=== Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group

Domain-specific study groups

Breast oncology

===ABCSG=== Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group ===AGO-B Study Group=== Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie-Breast Study Group ===ANZ BCTG=== Australian-New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group ===BCIRG=== Breast Cancer International Research Group ===BIG=== Breast International Group ===BOOG=== Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group ===DBCG=== Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group ===IBCSG=== International Breast Cancer Study Group ===GBG=== German Breast Group ===GEICAM=== Grupo Español de Investigación en Cáncer de Mama (Spanish Research Group on Breast Cancer) ===GIM=== Gruppo Italiano Mammella ===GROCTA=== Gruppo di Ricerca per la Chemio-Ormonoterapia Adiuvante (Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemo-Hormone Therapy Cooperative Group) ===LCBS=== Ludwig Breast Cancer Study Group ===MIG=== Mammella Inter Gruppo ===NSABP=== National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project ===SBG=== Scandinavian Breast Group ===SweBCG=== Swedish Breast Cancer Group

Dermatologic oncology

===DeCOG=== Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group

Gastrointestinal oncology

===AGITG=== Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Trials Group ===ALM-CAO=== Arbeitsgruppe Lebermetastasen und-tumoren in der Chirurgischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Onkologie ===FFCD=== Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive ===GISCAD=== Italian Group for the Study of Digestive Tract Cancer ===TTD=== Spanish Cooperative Group for Gastrointestinal Tumor Therapy

Colorectal cancer

====ABCSG==== Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group ====DCCG==== Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group ====NSABP==== National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project

Pancreatic cancer

====ESPAC==== European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer ====JSAP==== Japanese Study Group of Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Genitourinary oncology

===AUO=== German Association of Urological Oncology ===CUETO=== Club Urológico Español De Tratamiento Oncológico ===GETUG=== Genitourinary Group ===SFUO=== Swedish Association for Urological Oncology ===SOGUG=== Spanish Oncology Genitourinary Group

Prostate cancer

====SPCG==== Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group

Gynecologic oncology

===AGO=== Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie ===ENGOT=== European Network for Gynaecological Oncological Trial groups ===GCIG=== Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup

GINECO

===GOG=== Gynecologic Oncology Group ===JGOG=== Japanese Gynecologic Oncology Group ===MITO=== Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer and Gynecologic Malignancies Group ===NOGGO=== Nord-Ostdeutsche Gesellschaft Für Gynäkologische Onnologie (North-East German Society of Gynecological Oncology)

Ovarian cancer

====ICON==== International Collaborative Ovarian Neoplasm Group

HIV-associated malignancy

===AMC=== AIDS Malignancy Consortium

Leukemia

===ALLG=== Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group ===DCLSG=== Dutch Childhood Leukemia Study Group ===GFM=== Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies ===JALSG=== Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group ===LCG=== Leukaemia Cooperative Group or Lederle Cooperative Group ===PALG=== Polish Adult Leukemia Group

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

====GRAALL==== Group of Research on Adult ALL ====LALA==== French Group of Therapy of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia

====AMLSG==== German-Austrian AML Study Group

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

====Fi-LMC==== France Intergroupe des Leucémies Myéloïdes Chroniques (French Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Study Group)

Lymphoma

===BNLI=== British National Lymphoma Investigation ===CLG=== Central Lymphoma Group UK ===DSHNHL=== German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group ===GELA=== Groupe d'Etudes des Lymphomes de l'Adulte ===GELCAB=== Grup d’Estudi dels Limfomes de Catalunya i Balears ===GEL/TAMO=== Grupo Español de Linfomas/Trasplante Autólogo de Médula Osea ===GLSG=== German Low-Grade Lymphoma Study Group ===GOELAMS=== Groupe Ouest-Est d'études des Leucémies Aigües et autres Maladies du Sang ===IELSG=== International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group ===LYSA=== Lymphoma Study Association ===LYSARC=== Lymphoma Academic Research Organization ===NLG=== Nordic Lymphoma Group ===StiL=== Study Group indolent Lymphomas

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

====FRE-CLL==== French Cooperative Group on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia ====GCLLSG==== German CLL Study Group

Hodgkin lymphoma

====GHSG==== German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group

Waldenström macroglobulinemia

====WMCTG==== Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Clinical Trials Group

Multiple myeloma

===BMMSG=== Brazilian Multiple Myeloma Study Group ===GEM=== Grupo Español de Mieloma ===IFM=== Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome ===NMSG=== Nordic Myeloma Study Group ===TMSG=== Turkish Myeloma Study Group

Neuro-oncology

===NABTT=== New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium

Sarcoma

===GSF-GETO=== Groupe Sarcome Français

Thoracic oncology

===AIOT=== Associazione Italiana Oncologia Toracica ===BCTG=== Bronchial Carcinoma Therapy Group ===BTOG=== British Thoracic Oncology Group ===ELCWP=== European Lung Cancer Working Party ===GFPC=== Groupe Français de Pneumo-Cancérologie ===GLOT=== Groupe Lyon-Saint-Etienne d'Oncologie Thoracique ===IFCT=== Intergroupe Francophone de Cancérologie Thoracique (French Thoracic Cooperative Group) ===LLCG=== Leuven Lung Cancer Group or London Lung Cancer Group ===NLCSG=== Norwegian Lung Cancer Study Group ===SLCG=== Spanish Lung Cancer Group ===SLCSG=== Swedish Lung Cancer Study Group ===WJTOG=== West Japan Thoracic Oncology Group

Transplant

===BMT CTN=== Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network ===SFGM=== Société Française de Greffe de Moelle