The Cancer Letter Archives
The Cancer Letter was founded in 1973, two years after Congress passed the National Cancer Act of 1971. These archives represent the first 40 years of The Cancer Letter, which is published weekly.
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
09
March 01, 1985
- Hammer Says President’s Science Advisory to Ask For FY 1985 Supplemental Appropriations for NCI
- In Brief: Laird Myers Heads AACE, George Hill President Elect; Cal Tech’s Hood Receives Bertner Award
- Hammer Gives $100,000 to Expand Rosenberg’s T-Cell Growth Factor Clinical Studies
- DCT Board Approves New Screening Program, Natural Product Concpets
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
10
March 08, 1985
- Administration Seeks Authorization Bill Repealing National Cancer Act, Other NIH Special Authorities
- In Brief: NCFA Offers Grants For Research On Impact Of DRGs; ACCC Leaders Dispute HCFA Chief
- Facilities Survey Finrs $25 Million a Year for Five Years Needed From NCI By Year 1990
- Policy Of 5,000 Grants Meant As Floor, Not Ceiling, Former White House Advisor Insists
- “Honor Roll” Of Top Investigators Who Won’t Be Funded Because Of Cuts
- DCT Board Okays Consideration Of New New Heavy Particle Therapy Studies
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
11
March 15, 1985
- Natcher Subcommittee Objects To Budget Reductions, Squeeze From DeVita Details On Programs Being Cut
- In Brief: Frozen Panels Available to Evaluate diagnostic Assays; Panel to Meet at Johns Hopkins April 22
- DCE Board Approves Concepts For New Chemoprevention Groups, Retroviral Vaccine Research, Biochemical Markers, Feline Virus Studies
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
12
March 22, 1985
- NCI Needs 100 SBIR Contracts By April 1 To Avoid Losing $5 Million; NIH Objects To DCT Comments
- In Brief: Moorehead Heads ACCC; Anderson President Elect; Segaloff Dies; RAAD Cleveland Clinic Director
- Natcher: Multiple Year Funding Would Not be Approved If Presented As Request For Reprogramming
- Segmental Study Finally Published, Says Less Surgery as Good as More, Radiation Helped
- Consensus Conference Planned On Adjuvant Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer
- Directory Of NCI Numbers Available
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
13
March 29, 1985
- GAO Says Multiple Year Funding Not Legal; Weicker Demands Assurance That Administration Will Comply
- In Brief: Hayard Of Sloan-Kettering, Leder Of Harvard to Share 1985 Bristol-Myer Award Of $50,000
- HHS Draft of Bill Reauthorizing NIH Specifically Kills Bypass Budget, Would End National Cancer Act of 1971
- ACO Leaders Meet With Key White House, Hill Aides
- ACCC Preliminary Report on DRGs Finds Case Mix Can Alter Profit/ Loss Pictures
- Reagan Signs Skins Cancer Resolution
- NCI advisory Group, Other Cancer Meetings
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
14
April 05, 1985
- Backing Down On Forward Funding? HHS Now Says It Won’t Make Multiple Year Awards Until September
- In Brief: AACR Lectures Listed; Winn Heads Community Oncology At MDA; Henderson ACS Grant Renewed
- FDA Committee Okays Leuprolide NDA, But Recommends Against Mitoxantrne, Epirubicin
- B.J. Kennedy Receives ACCC Award, Says More Medical Oncologists Are Still Needed
- Trombold Tells How Scripps Raises Money for Cancer Center, Gets Independent From “Whiny Administrator”
- McKenna Sees Budget Cuts as Threat to Year 2000 Goals Urges Stepped Up Efforts Against Tobacco Industry
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
15
April 12, 1985
- Facilities Survey: $2.5 Billion Will Be Required From 1986-1990, With NCI’s Share At $678 Million
- In Brief: Over Half Of Ovarian Cancer Patients Staged Incorrectly; Senate Gets Funding Resolution
- Deluge Of SBIR Contract Proposals Changes Picture at NCI, Could Save $5 Million For Cancer
- NCAB Considers Discrimination Against Patients, Minority Rates, Smokeless Tobacco
- Bristol-Myers Adds UCLA, Fox Chase To Grants Program
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
16
April 19, 1985
- Center Leaders Ok Consortium Center Guidelines, Go Along With Most Core Grant Changes Backed By NCI
- In Brief: Breast Cancer Diet Study Problems Resolved, Funding Resumed For Nutrition Coordinator
- Increase In Recommended Levels, OMB’s Forward Funding Create Shortfall In Center’s Budget
- National Coalition for Cancer Research Formed To Support Reauthorization, l Research Budgets
- Private Institute Commits $1 Million Pick Up some NIH Grants Left Unfunded
- NIC Grants Appeals Process Explained