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.
23
No.
41
October 24, 1997
- NCI Drops Protocol Review Requirement To Encourage firs To List Trials On PDQ
- In Brief: BMS Oncology Names New VP, Marketing; Hortobagyi Wins Freyer Medal; Prerez Honored
- Clinical Trials: NCI Removes Brooklyn Site From PLCO Trials
- New Journal Examines Claims Of Proponents Of Alternative Medicine
- Cancer Survivorship: NCI Offers Training Program, video, For Health Professionals
- Cancer Meetings Listed
- NCI Seeks CRADA Partners To Develop Targets Drugs
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
42
October 31, 1997
- To Wage New War On Cancer, Advocates Plan A Campaign Inspired By Earth Day
- In Brief: Three Centers Win Comprehensive Designation; Hiatt Named Deputy Director, NCI Cancer Control
- Cancer Advocacy: March On Washington Scheduled For September 1998
- Impetus to Proceed with a March Came From Talk Show
- ACS, NBCC Weigh Involvement In March, Ask What Happens Next
- Obituary: William Hutchinson, Cancer Center Founder
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
43
November 07, 1997
- Task Force Urges HHS to Form Committee To Implement Genetic Testing Regulations
- In Brief: Huntsman Cancer Institute Joins NCCN: Howard cancer Center To Honor Mandela
- In Congress: Time Running out On Effort To Double Market Exclusivity Term
- Public Health Service: Blumenthal Transferred to Surgeon General’s office, HHS Says
- FDA Policy: silicone Breast Implant Restrictions Stand, FDA Tells Petitioners
- FDA Issues Final Regs for Mammography Facilities, Personnel
- Report on Carcinogens: Advisors Recommend Tobacco, UV Light, Tamoxifen, For Report
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
44
November 14, 1997
- Congress Provides 7% Increase For NIH, 6.6% for NCI, In FY98 Appropriation
- In Brief: Rosenthal Names ACS President; Brown, Lynch, Mintz Win ACS Medals of Honor
- Clinical Research: Cooperative Groups Form Coalition to Advance Trials
- NIH Breaks Ground For Clinical Center
- Public Health Service: Blumenthal Declines White House Job
- Letters To the Editor: Blumenthal Coverage Called “Destructive”
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
45
November 23, 1997
- NI Selects15 Cancer Patient Advocates for Director’s Consumer Liaison Group
- In Brief: City of Hope Wins $5.5M Grant From NIA; Comis To Head Group Chairmen’s Committee
- NCI Programs; Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Approved In Concepts By BSA; Concepts For Resource Of Arrayed BAC Clones, Support For Radiation Therapy Trials, OH’d
- BSA Eliminates Second Review For P01 Grants; R01Payline To increase to 24th Percentile
- Information Branches Combined Under ICIC, Moved to Office Of NCI Deputy Director
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
46
December 05, 1997
- NCI Bypass Budget For FY99 Proposes Expansion of Cancer Clinical Trials System
- In Brief: Center wins $10 Million To coordinate Study; Albert Einstein Center Name Comprehensive
- NIH Grants: R29 Awards No Longer Accepted After June; NIH To Increase R01s.
- Cancer Survivorship: NCI, Komen, OWH Fund Research Grants
- Women’s Health: Treatment to Move Toward Pre-Cancer, Klausner Says
- Obituary: Rajka Medenica, controversial Physician
- Letter to the Editors: BSA P01 Review Vote Was Advisory, NCI Official Says
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
47
December 12, 1997
- NCI Advisors To Evaluate SPORE Program; Large Grants to Be Weighed Against R01s
- In Brief: Bishop Named Interim Chairman of NCAB; AACI Elects Wicha president, Herberman VP
- List of FY97 SPORE Grantees and Their Awards
- Clinical Trials: NCI Forms Panel To Help Implement Recommendations
- NCI Grants Funding: New Funds Moved Into R01s, other Extramural Priorities
- Public Health Service: NIEHS, CDC to Study Population Exposure to Environmental Estrogens
TCL
Vol.
23
No.
48
December 19, 1997
- AACR President Coffey Urges Clinton to Support Doubling of NIH, NCI Budgets
- Pennsylvania Cancer Center Gets $100 Million; Watson, Weinberg, Win National Science Medals
- Cancer Policy: Coffey Letter Lists Research Initiatives That Justify Increase
- NCI Intramural Programs: Clinical Trials Support System Need Attention, report Advises DCS
- In Brief: Scientist Bands Entertain Writers
