Metro-MN Community Oncology Research Consortium

@HennepinHC with @MMCORC promoting #coloncancerscreening and #cancerclinicaltrials. @HennepinHC Cancer Center, you have over 100 innovative clinical trial options, including colon cancer. #GetScreened and #KnowYourOptions!

@MMCORC has a new Cancer Care Delivery Research study with @wakeforestmed looking at Surgical Thromboprophylaxis Practices in Oncology Patients called STOP-VTE, learn more >>> clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07215…

You can catch @MMCORC next week Wednesday at our participating hospital @HennepinHC doing education and outreach for #coloncancerawareness and #mntrials! See you then!

Now available @MMCORC is A012303 (ShortStop-HER2) — a phase III study testing if less treatment after surgery is an option for people w/early-stage HER2+ #breastcancer who had no cancer left after chemo + HER2 therapy. bit.ly/Alliance-A0123…

Now available through @MMCORC >>> watch “Bladder Cancer Clinical Trial: ARCHER” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/1105392713?fe=…

TODAY is National Caregivers Day! The Caregiver perspective is important in cancer research. If you’ve just finished #ColorectalCancer treatment, you and a caregiver may be able to join a study that’s testing a website on follow-up care. Learn more at #cc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mmcorc.org/clinical-trial…

@MMCORC is proud to be a part of this important clinical trial. Congratulations @NRGonc and thank you research volunteers!

Feeling Like Yourself Again (Cancer Out Loud Podcast Episode #76) youtu.be/6h8GLwfbrCc?si… via @YouTube

Black History Month: Otis Brawley shares how lessons learned in West Side Detroit shape his s... youtu.be/96J1xYKhnfs?si… via @YouTube

February is #NationalCancerPreventionMonth! @MMCORC is enrolling to FORTE, a #colorectalcancer #prevention study looking to answer >> When should patients who had 1-2 small benign polyps removed during colonoscopy have repeat surveillance colonoscopy? nrgoncology.org/FORTE

NOW AVAILABLE @ mmcorc.org/locations/ >>> A phase 3 study comparing pembrolizumab & sacituzumab govitecan vs. standard chemo in patients with advanced #UrothelialCancer. This EA8231 trial aims to improve treatment options & guide further research. ➡️ bit.ly/ea8231-study

We are excited to see that the updated Cancer Plan MN has been launched!

Minnesotans are doing great things to create better opportunities for good health. To see what they are doing and to learn what you can do, click here: Cancer Plan – Minnesota Cancer Alliance (mncanceralliance.org/cancer-plan/)

For many people diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, one of the hardest things to face is how it may change their plans for having children. Four women share what that journey looked like for them — from pausing hormonal therapy to try to conceive, to preserving fertility before treatment, to finding peace in paths they didn’t originally imagine. bit.ly/3KxOyeY #YoungBreastCancer #BreastCancer #BreastCancerWarrior #BreastCancerSurvivor #Parenthood

NOW OPEN @ mmcorc.org/locations >> A #Clinicaltrial to see if a digital chatbot intervention is as effective as standard remote genetic services in increasing counseling uptake among adolescent & young adult #cancer patients.

We provide access to @ALLIANCE_org clinical trials who announced a NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Data from their A031201 study has uncovered a genetic factor that may inform the dosing of abiraterone, a hormone treatment for advanced prostate cancer. bit.ly/GeneVariant

Help potentially improve the future of #HeadAndNeckCancer treatment. Take part in clinical study EA3191 for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (#HNSCC) that has come back. Learn more: bit.ly/ea3191-study #HNCA

ICYMI - the January edition of our newsletter is now available! This issue features reminders about the upcoming #NRG2026 Winter meeting, 2025 Year in Review from the NRG Oncology Research Strategy Committee leaders, 2026 HCA Fellowship awardees, and more! conta.cc/4sri7jS