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.
41
October 29, 1999
- NCI Awards $59M Contract For Key Project To consolidate Phase III Trial Administration
- In Brief: NCI Registers Web Domain CANCER>GOV, Plans To Improve External Communications
- In Congress: Conferees Approve 42 billion Increase For NIH Appropriations
- Obituaries: Eleanor Nealson, 59, NCI Liaison to Patients, Formed consumer Advisory Group
- Benno Schmidt, 86, Cancer Act Advocate, Chairman Of MSKCC boards, Cancer Panel
- Science Policy: Increased Cancer Death Rate For Atomic Vets Not Significant, OIM Says
- NIH Programs: Mouse Is next In Line For DNA Sequencing
- Letter To The Editor: Humor Story On Dands
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
42
November 05, 1999
- Spending Bill Could Give 15% Raise To NIH; Gimmicks Complicate Picture, Veto Looms
- In Brief: DeVita, Seffrin Head Committee advising Feinstein On National Cancer Revision
- Advocacy: Groups Urge studies Of Environmental Pollutants As Cause Of Cancer
- NCI Programs: Institute To Develop Plans For Large Trial Of Spiral CT Scanning For Lung Cancer
- Science Policy: All’s Well In Access to Trials, GAO Study Finds; NIH Disagrees
- NIH Offers Curriculum Supplements For K-12
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
43
November 12, 1999
- NCI Plans Network for Providing Access To Pathology Information Over The Web
- In Brief: Livingston Completes Term On NCI Board, Appelbaum To Succeed Him as Chairman
- NCI Programs: Advisors Approve concept For Spiral CT Image Database Consortium
- NCI To Fund Partnerships Between Cancer Centers and Minority Institutions
- In Congress: HHS Funding Bill Vetoed, Congress, White House Negotiating on Budget
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
44
November 19, 1999
- How NCI Plans to Spend the $3 Billion Budget; But First, A Caveat From the Director
- In Brief: Foundation Funds Six Lung Cancer Studies; Schilsky Re-elected CALGB Chairman
- NCI Budget: How Did NCI Spend Last Year’s Increase? Klausner Lists Activities
- NCI Programs: Institute To Contact For Software To Control Ultrasound Imaging
- Obituary: Daniel Nathans, 71, Won Nobel For Use of Restriction Enzyme
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
45
November 26, 1999
- IVAX Agreement With Rival BMS Appears To Buttress BMS control of Paclitaxel
- FY2000 Appropriations: NIH Gets $17.9 Billion, A 15% Increase, In Final Budget Agreement; $3 billion to Be Delayed
- Letter to the Editor: A Victory for Research, But Real Work Is Ahead
- Commentary: NCI’s Budge Proposal ForFY2001 Offers A Blueprint for Research
- Science Policy: Second-Hand Smoke Linked To Lung Cancer, Other Health Effects
- Funding Opportunities: RFA Available: Teams For Molecular Target Assessment
- In Brief: Paul Van Nevel, Director Of NCI Communications, To Retire At Year’s End
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
46
December 03, 1999
- Review Group Urges Increased Funding For NCI AIDS Drug Discovery Program
- In Brief: Washington University, Barnes-Jewish to Combine Cancer Program In New Center
- Science Policy: Stem Cell Research Guidelines Formalize NIH Funding Polices
- Professional Societies: ACCI Selects UPCI To Manage Operations; Elects New Officers
- National Academies: Changes Required To Reduce Incidence Of Medical Errors, Report Finds
- Scientific Misconduct: HHS To Change Role Of ORI In Response To Council Report
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
47
December 10, 1999
- New Treatment For CML Could Be Model for Molecular Target-Based Therapeutics
- In Brief: Maryland Wins Center Planning Grant; CRC Receives $5 Million To Endow Chair
- NCI Programs: Researchers Take “Director’s Challenge” to Develop Molecular Profiles of Tumors
- Report Urges Stronger NCI Nutritional research
- NCI Publishes New Atlas Of Cancer Mortality
TCL
Vol.
25
No.
48
December 17, 1999
- FDA Advisors Discuses Establishment of Standards for Showing Equivalence
- In Brief: Hood to form Institute for Systems Biology, To Unite Biologists, High-Tech Industry
- NCI Programs: Unequal Outcomes For Minorities The Result of Unequal Treatment NCI Suggests Awareness Campaign
- Health Organizations: ACS Statement Supports funding of Research On Human Stem cells
- Addendum to RAID
- Season’s Greetings from the Cancer Letter