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.
05
No.
25
June 22, 1979
- New Surgery Grant Applications To Be Reviews By Special Ad Hoc Study Section; 54 Submitted
- In Brief: NCAB Objects To Low Priority For Several Cancer Control Grants, Asks For New Review
- Community Hospital Oncology Program RFP Deadline Moved Back to Sept. 5
- Chemical Distribution To Grantees Delayed while HEW Considers Charging For It
- Consensus Conference On Receptors Planned
- NIH Clinical Trials Committee Adopts Recommendations For Safety Monitoring
- ACS-Roosevelt Awards Announced
TCL
Vol.
05
No.
28
July 13, 1979
- Core Grant Guideline Revisions, Comprehensive Center Characteristics Changes Still Coming Up
- In Brief: Panel Meeting Canceled; New Senior Executive Service Draws Enthusiastic Response At NCI
- House Reprogramming Of NCI Funds Analyzed; Community Programs Would Be Hurt
- Colorado Center Delays New Core Grant Application
- Cancer Patient Medical history System Proposed
TCL
Vol.
05
No.
29
July 20, 1979
- FDA Subcommittee Leaning Toward Mouse-Dog Drug Testing New Preclinical Toxicity-Protocol
- In Brief: Obey Was Right- Tests On 70 Chemical Would Have Been Aborted Under NCI Budget
- AACI Developing Suggestions Or New Cancer Control Grant Guidelines
- CALG Loses Pediatrics Grant
- NCAB Meeting Moved To October
- Excerpts Presented From Pepper Hearing
TCL
Vol.
05
No.
30
July 27, 1979
- Virology Contract Phaseout To Cut $5 Million In FY 1980; Bigger reduction Coming In 1982
- In Brief: Harris says She Won’t Ease up On Califano’s Antismoking Campaign – It Cost Him His Job
- Senate Approves $1 Billion For NCI
- Aging Committee Hears Prospects For Immunotherapy
- Comprehensive Centers Should Emphasize New Treatment, Group Says
TCL
Vol.
05
No.
31
August 03, 1979
- House-Senate Conference Agrees On $1 Billion For NCI, Increases For All NIH Organizations
- In Brief: House Passes Bill Extending Saccharin Status To 1981; Execs No Enthusiastic Over New SES
- Task Force Recommendations Submitted For Control/Centers New Division
- Hiring Freeze Squeezes NIH, NCI
- Governors Hear Pitch For State Cancer Control Increased Effort
TCL
Vol.
05
No.
32
August 10, 1979
- Cancer Program Advocates, Success Overcame Powerful Negative Factors To Win Budget Fight
- In brief: Cancer Investment “Drop In The Bucket,” OMB Is The “Second Greatest Kill,” Pepper Says
- Cooperative Group-cancer control Program To Continue
- Obey Erred On Criticism Of Pap Test Cost, FCRC Construction
- Florida Creates State Cancer Control Program
- Bristol-Myers Nominations Open