title: The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: an update of clinical research activities.
abstract: This paper provides an introduction into the clinical activities of the RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group), its goals, its organization, its format for protocol development, and presents major areas of achievement. It provides an organizational chart of the group, a disease site modality cross-reference for protocols, and appendices which provide the key published results of the Group's clinical activities. This paper presents an important overview of the RTOG clinical research activities, which are designed to improve the role of radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hanks
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Order
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Pajak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pakuris
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Leibel
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009938:Organizations; D014481:United States