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.
26
No.
31
September 01, 2000
- Medicare Will Cover Patient Care Costs For All Phases Of Cancer Treatment Trials.
- Neuro-Oncologist Schold Leaves Duke For UPCI; Rosner Leads Institute At Chicago.
- Hood’s ISB Gets $5 Million From Merck, Hires Scientists.
- Seven Organizations To Use NCI-Army Coding System.
- NIH Consensus Conference Agenda, Registration Online.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
32
September 08, 2000
- NCI, Six Centers Begin Feasibility Study Of Spiral CT For Lung Cancer Screening.
- Cohen Directs UK’s Markey Cancer Center; Matrisian Named Chairman, DOD Panel.
- Rays Of Hope Candlelight Vigil Scheduled For Oct. 6.
- Patient Advocates Ask HCFA To Clarify Coverage Decision.
- NIH Guidelines Define Eligible Research Using Stem Cells.
- NCI Cooperative Group Members To Test Online Registration.
- NCI Awards $6.7 Million For Breast Cancer Research.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
35
September 29, 2000
- NCI To Appoint Expert Group To Consider Standards For Outcomes Measurement.
- Carroll Named Deputy Director At Huntsman; Pamer Leads Infectious Disease Service, MSKCC.
- Oncology Nursing Society Names 15 To Advisory Panel.
- IND-Exempt Trials May Need Special Review, HCFA Says.
- NCI To Pilot Text Chat On CancerNet And CIS Sites.
- Satcher Calls For Wider Use Of Smoking Prevention Efforts.
- NIH Funds 11 New Grants In Women’s Health Research.
- FDA Approval Of Two Generic Versions Of Taxol Likely To End BMS Exclusivity.
- M.D. Anderson, SWOG To Use Web-Based Software To Expand Access To Trials.
- Polymer Platinate Begins Testing In Phase I Trial.
- Abbott To Supply Quest With Immunoassay Tests.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
36
October 06, 2000
- Cancer Centers Win Majority Of Grants In Recent NCI RFAs, Klausner Tells AACI.
- Poll Finds Strong Support For Research; Yarbro Leads International Cancer Nurses.
- Oxford Univ. Receives Funds To Create Drug Design Center.
- SPOREs In Breast, Prostate Cancers Win $12.7 Million.
- NCI Fund Grants To Increase Minority Internet Access.
- Cancer Panel Statement On Access To Cancer Care.
- Report Urges Better Working Conditions For Postdocs.
- New Tests Rule Out Theory On Polio Vaccine-AIDS Link.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
37
October 13, 2000
- To Improve Clinical Trials Participation, Groups Plan An Awareness Campaign.
- Three Win Nobel Prize In Medicine; Irving Center Awarded $10M For Breast Cancer Research.
- Tuck To Direct Clinical Trials At Yale; Arceci Joins Hopkins.
- Congress Approves Payments For Treatment Of Women Diagnosed In CDC Program.
- Declining Support Among Oncologists For Euthanasia.
- Nine New Grants Awarded In The NCI “Director’s Challenge”.
- NCCAM Awards To Establish Two Cancer Research Centers.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
38
October 20, 2000
- As Bristol’s Final Defenses Fall, IVAX Prepares Launch Of Generic Paclitaxel.
- UPCC Wins $26 Million Center Grant From NCI; Massey Center Opens New Outpatient Clinic.
- NIH Scientists Engineer Mice That Get Burkitt’s Lymphoma.
- ACS Defends Dialogue, Calls Story “Misleading”.
- Report Urges Enhancement Of Cancer Data Systems.
