Who We Are

The Hoosier Oncology Group, Inc. (affectionately nicknamed "the HOG") consists of a working association of over 400 dedicated community and research center physicians and clinical research practitioners. The HOG is committed to improving therapy for cancer patients through clinical research throughout its network.

The HOG enables oncologists to participate in meaningful cancer research while providing treatment to patients in their own communities. Currently, only 5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials. The HOG strives to increase the number of cancer patients participating in clinical research.

The HOG was created in 1985 by a small group of community-based oncologists and faculty members at Indiana University Cancer Center. Our purpose is to conduct clinical cancer research at the community level. The HOG has succeeded in creating an extraordinary network of more than 400 physicians and nurses. This network means that, wherever you live in the Midwest, there are physicians near you who are active participants in the search for new and better treatments for many forms of cancer.

The HOG bridges the most sophisticated research laboratories and hometown healthcare, coordinating trials, exploring new drugs and treatment strategies, refining preventive techniques, and above all, improving the survival rates of cancer patients. This community experience has nationwide consequences.