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.
06
No.
25
June 20, 1980
- Ethics Commission To Continue Consideration Of Compensation For Injured Research Subjects
- In Brief: No Such Thing As Premature Data, Fisher Says- Only Immature Evaluation, Premature Application
- Interferon “Hysteria” Prompts ASCO To Warn Against Expecting Immediate Benefits
- ONS Scientific Program Grows
- RFA On Breast Tumor Factors Patients Survival
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
26
June 27, 1980
- Shift Of $6.5 Million From Contracts to Pay Core, P01s At Recommended Levels, Increase R01 Payline
- In Brief: Marks’ Appointment As President, Chief Executive Officer Of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Official
- Tom King To Leave NCI For Kennedy Ethics Institute; Cal Baldwin To Take NIH Job
- Authorization Bill Passes Senate 82-0
- Bennett, CCIRC Members Disagree On state Of Groups, Simons New Chairman
- Data Falsification Charge To Be Aired
- Cancer Congress Program Developed
TCL
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06
No.
27
July 04, 1980
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
28
July 11, 1980
- New Group Review First NTP Reports, Gets Job On Permanent Basis, Wrangles Over Extrapolation
- In Brief: Pretreatment Critical In Antimetic Therapy, Sallan Says; Aging/Cancer Symposium Planned
- Crout Resigns As Director Of FDA Drugs Bureau
- R.S.K. Young Quits As FDA Oncology Group Leader
- Research Suggestions Considered By DCBD Diagnostic Group
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
29
July 18, 1980
- DeVita Appointment Now Official; Calls For New Chemoprevention Program, More Applied Prevention
- In Brief: Mary Lasker To Be Named To NIH Director’s Advisory Committee; Amos Appointment Official
- GAO Investigation Of Cancer Control Focuses On Five Contracts, Finds Alleged Deficiencies
- ACS To Offer 10 Nurse Scholarships
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
30
July 25, 1980
- New Chemoprevention Program Will Get “Whatever Money It Need;” Clinical Trials In New Division
- In Brief: Holland Recovering From Coronary Bypass; Henry Kaplan Receives Annual Prentis Award
- Consensus Conference Recommends Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Breast Cancer Only For Premenopausal Women
- GAO Criticize NCI Contract Practices In Report On Cancer Control
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
31
August 01, 1980
- Panel Waffles On One Vs. Three Year Intervals For Pap Test, Agrees On when They Should Start
- In Brief: Cancer Act renewal, Appropriations Bill Caught In Squeeze Between Conventions
- RFA Announcement On Carcinogenesis Extrapolation
- GAO Report On NCI Cancer Control Contracts (Continued)
- DeVita Swearing In Schedule Aug. 8
TCL
Vol.
06
No.
32
August 08, 1980
- House Subcommittee voted $1.011 Billion For NCU 1981 Fiscal Year Budget In Closed Door Meeting
- In Brief: Oldham To Head Biological Response Modifiers Program; Walter, Namovicz Named Acting Heads
- NCI To Fund 23 CHOPs, More Singles Than Multiples; ACCC Expresses Concern
- DRCCA Organization To Include Three Programs, With Centers In One
- Lymphoblastoid If Test Shows Toxicity Not From Impurity, Investigator Says
- Contracts Cutback Canceled 7 RFPs
- Obey Says NCI “Must Do Better,” Response Dispute GAO Conclusion