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.
18
No.
33
August 14, 1992
- Kessler Promises Cancer Patient Liaison In FDA; Considers Joint Drugs, Biologics Oncology Review
- In Brief: Painter Is AMA President-Elect; FDA Approves Taxol; Protocol Enrolls 150-200 A Month
- FDA’s Commitment To Cancer No Different Than Other Diseases, Kessler Tells Advocate
- FDA Officials Lists ‘Lessons’ Learned Working With AIDS Patient Organizations
- FDA Lacks Resources To Deal With Onslaught Of New Cancer Drugs, Friedman Tells Agency
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
34
September 04, 1992
- Senate Committee To Debate Budget Bill Sept. 10; Increase Expected For Breast Cancer Research
- In Brief: Thomas Davis, Stanford Oncologist, Dead At 49; DeVita To Visit, NCI; Hunter Named WHI Liaison
- Rep. Wyden Questions NCI Motive For Choosing Not To Pursue RU 486
- AMC Cancer Center, Rose Cancer Program Name Douglass Tormey Director; ECG Plans Move To Denver
- ACS Forms Foundation To Handle Large Gifts
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
35
September 11, 1992
- Healy Comes To Defense Of NCI’s Robert Wittes; Official Has Been Target Of Innuendo Over Taxo
- In Brief: James Wallace Named CALGB Executive Officer; Gritz Receives First Joseph Cullen Award
- In Congress; GAO Says Some Yew Bark Lost In ’91, But Problems Are Being Corrected
- NIH Scientists May Take Payment For Outside Teaching, Writing, Ethics Office Says In Final Rule
- NIEHS Director Olden Outlines Strategy For Carcinogenicity Testing
- RFAs Available: Silicone And Immune Response; Role Of Metallotionein; Dietary Fat Biomarkers
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
36
September 18, 1992
- Senate Bill Matches 42.01 Billion Bush request For NCI, Sets Bypass Funding For Breast Cancer
- In Brief: Alice Fordyce, Supporter of Medical Research, Dead At 86; Broder Awarded Block Lectureship
- Senate Raises Funding For Cervical, Ovarian, Prostate Cancer
- Senate Report Calls For Review Of Progress In Cancer Program Restores Prevention And Control Funding
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
37
September 25, 1992
- Politics, Short Tempers, Grievances Dominate NIH Panel On Unconventional Medical Practices
- In Brief: Abeloff Directs John Hopkins Oncology Center; Claudia Baquet Named Deputy Secretary In HHS
- Senate Gives NIH Director Authority To Permit Research By Unconventional MDs
- Senate Passes Budget; Broder; Fiscal 93 Great Year – Not
- Concepts For Computer Support Services Ok’d By NCAB Committee
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
38
October 02, 1992
- Program Project Scores Have Compressed Review Shuld Return To Rank Order; Broder
- In Brief: Former ICCCR Staff Form International Marketing Firm; M.D. Andersons Names New Professorship
- P01 Reviewers Asked To Look Closely At Number Of Projects
- Three-Quarters of P01 $$ Goes To Translational Grants, NCI Finds
- Slow Accruing Trials Should Be Removed From High Priority Program, Broder Says
- Score Distribution, Other Charts, On P01s
- In Congress; Senate Ok’s $185 Mil. Addition For Breast Cancer
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
39
October 09, 1992
- Conferees Set $1.991 Bil. NCI Budget, Ax Earmark For Breast Cancer, But Find $210 Mil. In Defense
- In Brief: White House Names Five To NCAB; Carson Chairs Nursing Foundation; NF Research Award
- Harkin Withdraws Amendment Allow NIH To Bypass INDS
- Trading In Stock Of U.S. Bioscience Halted, Newsletter Report Cited
- NCI Issues 8 Awards, 12 Feasibility Grants, In New SPORE Program
- Cancer Act Impact; Mortality Decline; DeVita Tells ACCC
TCL
Vol.
18
No.
40
October 16, 1992
- Army Will Outspend NCI In Breast Cancer In FY93, But How To Apply For a Grant?
- In Brief: Broder Wins ARC’s Griffuel Prize; Lawyers Trained To Help Low-Income Breast Ca, Patients
- Breast Cancer Coalition Demonstrations Crucial To Obtaining Windfall
- Coalition Demands Role In Deciding spending will Target Healy, Broder, Chabner
- Mammography Quality Standards Set, FDA User Fees Enacted; Oral Cancer Drugs Covered
- Tamoxifen Trial Enrolls 19% Of Women Needed, Fisher Reports To NCAB