PHILADEPHIA: Dignam to lead group statistics at RTOG

James J. Dignam has been named the new Group Statistician for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and will lead the efforts of RTOG's Statistics and Data Management Center. Dignam is an associate professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago and an investigator in the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. RTOG is a National Cancer Institute-funded national clinical trials group and is administered by the American College of Radiology.