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.
CCL
Vol.
29
No.
5
May 26, 2006
- NCI Cooperative Groups Begin Trial Of Individualized Rx For Breast Cancer
- Surgery Improves Survival For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer At Diagnosis
- Implants Don’t Cause Cancer, Long-Term Study Finds
- Immune Systems Don’t Stop, Causing Fatigue For Survivors
- Chemo Can Harm Liver, Affect Surgical Outcomes
- FEBT, For Pain Control, Shows Positive Results In Phase III
- ASCO Releases Guideline On Use Of Growth Factors
- Medicare Covers All PET Scans For Cancer In New Program
- FDA Approves Medication For Smoking Cessation
- NCI-Approved Clinical Trials
TCL
Vol.
32
No.
21
June 02, 2006
TCL
Vol.
32
No.
22
June 09, 2006
- FDA Approves Merck’s Gardasil Vaccine To Prevent Cervical Cancer.
- FDA Roundup: Public Citizen Uses Logic of FDA’s Critical Path to Challenge Decision On Anti-Obesity Drug.
- Advocates Oppose Proposals to Market Drugs After Phase I.
- ODAC Meets at ASCO, Recommends Approval Of Dasatinib For CML.
- House Subcommittee Passes Bush Request for NIH, NCI Budgets.
- NCI: The Times Have Been “Confusing,” Acting NCI Director Niederhuber Admits in Memo.
TCL
Vol.
32
No.
23
June 16, 2006
- Zerhouni to Cancer Researchers: “Stay Calm, Cool” About Funding- And Beware of Myths.
- Growth in Research Capacity Explains Increased Competition, NIH Director Tells NCAB.
- NCAB Meeting Notes: 2015 Goal Not Mentioned As NCI Faces Life After Andy. Capitol Hill: Committee Alleges Inadequate Oversight of NIH Tissue Banks.
- Reports: Tobacco Cessation Underused, NIH Panel Says.
- IOM Finds Asbestos Causes Cancer of the Larynx.
- Evidence Lacking On Value of Vitamins to Prevent Disease, Panel Says.
- In the Cancer Centers: Margaret Kripke of M.D. Anderson to Retire in 2007.
TCL
Vol.
32
No.
24
June 23, 2006
- GM Downsizes “Nobel Prize” For Cancer; Bristol Ends Medical Research Grants and Awards Program.
- Genentech’s Ferrara Selected for GM Award.
- NCI Forms Lung Cancer Program for Research On Early Detection, Treatment.
- Translational Research Needs Coordination, Budget, Advisors Say. Former SWOG Chairman Hoogstraten Publishes Memoir.
TCL
Vol.
32
No.
25
June 30, 2006
- NCI “Community Cancer Centers” Program in Development, House Report Reveals.
- Report Tells NCI to Increase Funding for SPOREs.
- House Democrat Seeks Funds for NCI to Pursue 2015 Goal.
- NCI Commits $8 Million More to R01s, Increases Payline to 12th Percentile. Surgeon General’s Report Says There’s No Safe Level of Secondhand Smoke.
CCL
Vol.
29
No.
6
June 30, 2006
- ASCO Annual Meeting: New Approaches For Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies
- ASCO Updates Guideline On Antiemetics
- New Drug Combination Shrinks Kidney Cancers
- Docetaxel, Oxaliplatin Active Against Esophageal Cancer
- BRCA2 Carriers Reduced BC Risk By Prophylactic Surgery
- Communication Is Key To Clinical Trial Enrollment
- FDA Approves Treatment For Late-Stage Cervical Cancer
- NCI-Approved Clinical Trials
