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.
15
No.
16
April 21, 1989
- GAO Study Claiming No Benefit Seen In Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment Flawed, NCI Responds
- In Brief: Curt Appointment Now Official; Bipartisan Effort Seeks $150 Million FDA Budget Increase
- Colorado Governor Signs Bill Mandating Reimbursement For Mammography Screening
- Wisconsin Group Takes Lead In Challenging Pain Control Perception
- Rich Left AMC “For Personal Reasons”
- Black Physicians, Community Group To work With NCI
- Reimbursement Policy By Philadelphia Blue Cross Further Explained
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
17
April 28, 1989
- IOM Says “Immediate Steps” Needed To Avert “Crisis” In Cancer Centers Program Funding
- In Brief: Wyngaarden To Leave This summer; Fauci Probably Could Have The Job, May No Want It
- Hrushesky To Pursue Chronobiology Work At Albany, Forms Group
- ONS Meeting Again With ASCO And AACR In San Francisco
- Oral Complications Reduced By Pretherapy NIH Conference Finds
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
18
May 05, 1989
- Broder Hopes To Help “Fundable: Centers, Stops Short Of Promising Compliance With All IOM Points
- In Brief: NCAB Vacancies Remained Unfilled; AHF’s 20thAnniversary To Be Celebrated In NY May 24
- Harkin, Bumpers Concerned Over Centers Funding
- LeMaistre Blasts “Death Merchants’ In tobacco Industry
- Duke, M.D. Anderson Receive Bristol-Myers Unrestricted Grants
- Chronobiology Review Still Delayed
- ONS Adopts Position Statement On Rehabilitation
- Medical Oncology Fosters Long Term Relationships
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
19
May 12, 1989
- NCAB Committee Agrees On Seven Characteristics For Comprehensive Centers, Asks For New Division
- In Brief: Rod Heller Dead At 84; NCI Staff To Answer Questions About CCOP During ASCO Meeting
- Cancer Program Depend On Vitality Of Centers, Broder ells DCPC Board
- Minority Demonstration Centers Concept
- Cancer, AIDS Patient Advocates List Drug Development Concerns
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
20
May 19, 1989
- NCAB Approves Characteristics for Recognition As Comprehensive; Outlook Dim for New Division
- In Brief: ‘WSJ” Articles Call Attention To Problems With Cancer Program Knipmeyer to Leave NCI
- DCPC Board Approves Concepts for $28.5 Million Polyp Trial, Other Nutrition Related Studies
- Cullen Credits Staff With Success Of STCP, Strong Prevention Program a NCI
- New NCI Directory
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
21
May 26, 1989
- Organ Systems Program Reorganization Complete; Annual Conferences To Replace Working Groups
- In Brief: NIH Conference To Explore Conflict Of Interest Issues; Five NCUI Executive Win PHS Awards
- 1991 Bypass Budget Would Fund 50 Percent Of Competing Grants
- Court Agreement Clears The Way For Human Gene Transplant Study
- Screening Concepts For Minority Women and Hispanics Approved
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
22
June 02, 1989
- Broder Emerges As National Leader In ASCO Talk, Calls For Faster Reporting Of Clinical
- In Brief: Esparza, Young, Busch, Rush Head Oncology Societies; Hipple Centers Honors Harry Eagle
- Mortality, Survival Still Improving for Whites, Remain Static Or Decline For Blacks; Largest Survival Increase For Whites In history Of SEER Program
- New CCOP RFA Available; Briefing At ASCO Jammed
- NCI Advisory Group, Other Cancer Meetings
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
23
June 09, 1989
- Controversy Raging On Whether To Release Data On 5-FU/Levamisole, Stop Untreated Control Arm
- In Brief: NIH Alumni Assn. Formed; Jenney Named Kans. Vice Chancellor; Bloomfield To Move To RPMI
- Pepper’s Legacy Included NCI, Other Biomedical Research
- ASC Survey Leads to Strategic Plan Development, Office In Washington
- NCI Adds $700,000 to CCOP Budget, Makes Four New Awards