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.
25
No.
33
September 03, 1999
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
34
September 10, 1999
- Did ACS Flip-Flop On Stem Cell Research? Society Says No, Patient Coalition Says Yes
- In Brief: Leukemia Society, Glaxo Award Fellowship; Penn Leads CLF; Wight Heads Charity
- NCI Program: DOD’s TRICARE To Cover Patient Costs In NCI Prevention, Early detection Trials
- NIH News: PubMed Central Is Name Of New NIH PLAN For Electronic Publishing
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
35
September 17, 1999
- On Capitol Hill: Cancer Organizations Push Congress For Payment Of Patient Care Costs In Trials
- In Brief: NCCS to hold Candlelight Vigil Sept. 25; Moffit Wins Chemistry-Biology Grants
- On Capitol Hill: HCFA Closes Comment Period On Proposal For prospective Payment System That Cancer Groups oppose
- Bioethics Commission Report Calls For funding To Derive Stem Cells
- Cancer Policy: President’s Cancer Panel Issues Statement On National Cancer Program
- NCI Programs: NCI To Study Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
36
September 24, 1999
- FDA Advisors Recommend Approval Of Taxol for Node-Positive Breast Cancer
- In Brief: Justice Department Files Civil Suit To recover $25 Billion From Tobacco
- ODAC Actions: Large Subset analysis Of CALGB Study Was Basis for BMS Taxol Application
- UFT – Leucovorin Combo Not A Breakthrough, But could Merit Approval, Committee Says
- Roferon A Application Marred By Mission Data, Protocol, Compliance
- Underpowered Study Of Evacet Dashes Approval Hopes
- NCI Programs: Institute Funds 24 DNA Microarray Centers
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
37
October 01, 1999
- NCI to Expand Quality of Care Research, Lead HHS Panel On Cancer Care Policy.
- In Brief: Lasker awards Recognizes Six Scientists; NCAB Honors Vande Woude for Work At NCI
- On Capitol Hill: Funding Outlook Brighter For NIH and NCI as appropriators Provide Increases
- Cancer Advocacy: Survivors, Supporters Gather to Light Candles, Curse the Darkness
- NCI Programs: Colorectal Cancer Progress Review Group To Assess Research
- NCI Issues Statement On Endostatin Research
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
38
October 08, 1999
- Senate Calls Cancer Research a Priority, Cites Research Task Force Funding Goal
- In Brief: Indiana Univ. Wins NCI Cancer Center Grant; Stephen Straus To direct CAM Center At NIH
- In Congress: Senate Bill Offers 13% Increase For NCI; house Provides 9%
- Senate “Pleased” About Reductions In Incidence And Mortality
- House Encourages NCI To continue Leadership Role As Coordinator Of Cancer Program
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
39
October 15, 1999
- NIH Director Varmus Names President of Sloan-Kettering, Succeeding Mark
- In Brief: Nobel Prize Awarded to Blobel for Research On Protein Signaling; Work Funded By NIH
- NCI Programs: U.S., U.K., Ireland Established Consortium For Cancer Research
- Obituary: Sydney Salmon, 63, Founding Director, Arizona Cancer Center
- Correction: Appropriations Reports Included Language of Minorities and Underserved
- NIH Entertainment: Wild Type Wins First, The Directors Second, In Battle of Bands
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
40
October 22, 1999
- NCI To Expand SPORE Grants Program to Increase Translational Research Funding
- In Brief: Hopkins Gets $10 Million for Directorships, to Dedicate New Clinical Cancer Building
- In Congress: DOD Cancer Research Programs Increased; Senate Passes NIH Funding Bill; Porter Won’t Seek Re-election
- NCI Progress: Biomarker Labratories Funded To Develop Early Detection Methods
- Five Contracts Funded Under Unconventional Innovations Program
- Tobacco Use Research Centers Funded
- Funding Opportunities: NCI Grant Supplements For Mammalian Models