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.
14
No.
25
June 17, 1988
- FDA Reaction to DCT Proposals ‘Positive,’ But Chabner, Wittes ‘Disappointed’ In That Response
- In Brief: Cady New SSO President, Rush President Elect; Polockwich, Major Figure In Straus Case, Killed
- Bush Asks Hammer To Probe FDA Regulation Of Anticancer Drugs
- NCI Reorganization Proposals Create opposition Among Some Advisors
- Four Win 1988 General Motors Cancer Prizes
- Kushner Forms BreastPac
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
26
June 24, 1988
- House Appropriations For NCI Identical (So Far) To White House Request; Slight Increase for NIH
- In Brief: Wittes DCT Acting Deputy Director; Spallone Leaves For Fox Chase; Ronald Evens Heads AUR
- NCI Reorganization: DEC Epidemiology Stays In Place, DCPC To Build Its Own – No Decision Yet Enters, Other DCPC Program – CIS Moved To OCC, ICIC ut Of OIA
- Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Gets NCI Core Grants
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
27
July 01, 1988
- NCI, DOE Working Out Details Of Converting Portion Of Idaho Facility to Work On BNCT
- In Brief: Levin Leaves UCSF for M.D. Anderson; Copeland Moves to Ohio State; OC’s Alice Hamm Retires
- AACR, ASCO Continue Growth, Drop Idea Of “Cancer Week”
- Breast Cancer Working Group Lists Research Needed
- NCI Conducting Four Epidemiology Studies On Radon
- NS Sponsors Workshop On Prevention For Three Minority Groups
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
28
July 08, 1988
- Senate Appropriations Include Cancer Control, Training Money, But Very Little for Construction
- In Brief: DeVita wins $150,000 Pezcoller Prize; BreastPac To “Storm” Capitol On Bastille Day For More $$
- ECG Disputes Accrual Figures Cited By DeVita, Says Numbers Are Up 17% This Year And Still Rising
- 713 Nurses Pass Certification exam At ONS Congress
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
29
July 15, 1988
- Longer Awards, Annual Recompetition considered For “CCOP 3;” Concept to DCPC Board In January
- In Brief: Owens Gives Up Hopkins Hospital Presidency, Resume Full Time Role As Center Director
- OCC to Take Over CIS Oct; Cost Sharing “Is Dead”
- COMMIT Moving Into Implementation
- Wisconsin Funds State Cancer Control Program
- Hammer Agrees To Bush Request for FDA Probe
- Tobacco Council Grants Total 3,348
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
30
July 22, 1988
- Waxman To Introduce Reauthorization Bill Next Month, Intends To Complete Action By Session End
- King Named Lombardi Center Deputy Director; SWOG Needs New Exec; Murphy Leaves St. Jude
- DCBD Board Approves Concept for Astrocytoma Molecular Probes
- AACR's First Special Conference Scheduled for Oct. 23-27 at Cape Cod
- Breast Cancer Incidence Goes Up, Most of it in Early, Local Stages
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
31
July 29, 1988
- Revive Comprehensive Program, But Don’t Tie It to Grant Review, Center Executive Agrees
- In Brief: Hammer Reappointed chairman; Wyngaarden Names Ferguson of Baylor As OMAR Director
- Ohio State, Hawaii Name New Center Directors; Berlin Acting Director At Papanicolaou
- Breast Cancer Overview Correlates Incidence Increase With Other Factors
- NCI Advisory Group, other Cancer Meetings
TCL
Vol.
14
No.
32
August 05, 1988
- New Breast Cancer Trials to Include Pre Vs. Post Operative Chemotherapy, CSF Pilot Studies
- In Belief: Warren Ross Named Director Of Louisville’s Brown Cancer Center; NCI Landow Offices Moved
- NCAB May Make Its Recommendation On Comprehensive Center Issues At September Meeting
- NCI Breast Cancer Overview Report Competed
- Cancer Letter Accepts “Substantial” Settlement In New Copyright Claim