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.
24
June 16, 1989
- Six More Clinical Trials Proposed For High Priority Status, But Per Case Funds For Them Not Assured
- In Brief: Metcalf, Sachs, Nowell, Rowley, Elkind Win 1989 GM Award; Ray Morrison Retires
- DCT Board Approves Recompetition f $4.3 Million CTEP Information System Contract
- FDA Advisors Recommend Approval Of Leucovorin, Hexamethylmelamine
- FDA, NCI Seek Compromise On Survival Endpoints
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
25
June 23, 1989
- Chemical Industry Sues NTP Over Listing PDC As Carcinogen; Environmental Groups Join Defense
- In Brief: Groups agree On Mammography Screening: Money Bill Markups Due After July 4 Recess
- NCI T BE More Flexible In Funding RFAs Above Paylines
- ONS Membership Still Climbing, Soars over 15,000
- Hatfield Asks AACR to Join In forming “Triangle Coalition”
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
26
June 30, 1989
- Center Bitter Over NCI’s Reacting To IOM report, Core grant Losses, Program Staff Cuts
- In Brief: Salmon Heads AACI, Owens President Elect; AMA Adds PDQ To Its Electronic Network
- DCBD To Fund Diagnostic Clinical Trials By CCOPs, Cooperative Groups
- DCBD Board Okays Recompetition Of Human Tissue Network
- Cancer Prevention Grants Awarded To Five States, DC
- Reviewers Found For Chronobiolgy
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
27
July 07, 1989
- “Don’t Judge Me On a Snapshot In Time,” Broder Says In Responding To Criticisms By Cancer Centers
- In Brief: Arlan Gottlieb, CALGB Leader, Dead At 55; NCI’s John Cooper Undergoes Heart Transplant
- DCE Board Approves Recompetitions, Program Announcement For Research On Fish
- Organ Systems Move, Other Directory Changes
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
28
July 14, 1989
- Kennedy Bills Would Raise Salaries, Restore Construction, Expand Biomedical Research Support
- In Brief: Greenwald Reportedly Considered For CDC Job, Harold Amos On NIH Search Committee
- Loss Of Core Grants Imperials Status Of Three Comprehensive Cancer Centers
- NCI Shifts Money to Save 100 Training Slots
- NCI Cancer Studies In China Intact; Visits Delayed
- Boston Study Finds Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus Increasing
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
29
July 21, 1989
- ACS’ Freeman; Declare New War In Cancer; Poor Get Substandard Treatment, Lost Dignity
- In Brief: NCI Providing Information On Levamisole To Patients; Macdonald Jins Temple, Salick
- Sondik Named Acting DCPC Deputy Director Sinks Leaving at End Of Month; Edwards Costlow Acting Ads
- HHS Inquiry Triggers Sloppy Stories On Gallo’s Laboratory
- NCI To Lose 382 Cancer FTEs; DCE Board Gets Response From Sullivan, But No Promises
- Cancer Care Driven Toward: Triage” System, Puerto Rico Dean Tells AACI
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
30
July 28, 1989
- Kennedy Bills Would Authorize Senior Scientist Service, New Foundation, Construction Grants
- In Brief: Fauci, Lenfant, Bulkley Rumored For NIH Job; Jimmie Holland Gets Psychiatric Oncology Chair
- House Committee Gives NCI Only $6.5 Million Over President’s request
- FDA Hears More Criticism On Cancer Drug Endpoints; Joint Conferences On Criteria Recommended
- Malpractice Reform Bill Introduced
TCL
Vol.
15
No.
31
August 04, 1989
- Senate Markup Of Labor-HSS-Education Money Bill Delayed Until After Congress August Recess
- In Brief: Minority Based CCOP Workshop Planned; NCI Changes To 800-4-CANCER On Levamisole
- House, Senate Committee Increase FDA Funding, Drop User Fees
- Swedish Study Finds Long Term Hormonal Therapy May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
- ACOS Planning Patient Care Melanoma Study
- Home Test Detects Hematuria Earlier
- Allegations Reflect Misunderstanding, Pan Data Says
- DeVita Heads U.S. Board Of CCCR