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.
11
No.
02
January 11, 1985
- Freestanding Cancer Centers May Be The “Missing Ingredient In Cancer Treatment,” DeVita Believes
- In Brief: Diagnostic Imaging Cost Declines By Half as Percentage Of Health Cost In 10 Years
- NCAB Committee, SORDS Agree On New Training Grants In Surgical Oncology
- Block, Committee Agree; No New PDQ For General Public
- DCPC Board To hear To Hear Concept for Contract to Develop Program For Heavy Smokers
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
04
January 25, 1985
- ACC Survey Preliminary Finding: Three Cancer DRG Categories “Clearly Underpaid Across The Board”
- In Brief: New NIH Grant Program Offers Up To $1 Million a Year For Centers At Minority Institutions
- Chop Analysis Shows Program Had Major Impact In Communities
- ACS Awards Grants Totaling $31.3 Million
- Gallo, Collaborators Map Entire Genetic Structure Of HTLV-III
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
05
February 01, 1985
- “Forward Funding” Will Cost NCI $38 Million, 270 Grants, As OMB Legally Impounds FY 1985 Money
- In Brief: Boson Hotel Offers Free Rooms to Cancer Patients; Smoking Program Report Available
- DCPC Board Okays Start of Low Fat High Risk Breast Cancer Study, Delays Stage 2 Trial
- Concepts Approved For $26.5Million In DCPC contracts, Including Heavy Smoker Program
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
06
February 08, 1985
- President’s Budget: $64 Million Cut for NCI, No Start On Year 2000 goals, Drop 240 Grants In 1985
- In Brief: Weinstein Names Permanent Director Of Columbia Comprehensive Center; Gottsman Heads Institute
- Prevention Clinical Trials Heads Greenwalk Priority Lists For ‘86
- Lung Cancer Prevention Diet Study Concept Tabled By DCPC Board
- NCI To Support 39 Summer Students With Gift Money
- Organ Systems R01 Grants Doing Okay
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
07
February 15, 1985
- Congress Deluged With Protests From Biomedical Researchers Over Grants Reduction, Budget Cuts
- In Brief: AACR, ASCO to Sponsor Joint Symposium on Oncogenes; AACI Hosts Congressional Staff
- NCAB Okays Funding Core Grants For ICC, Hawaii, UC-San Diego
- CAB Reluctantly Approves Use Of Contract To Support Cancer Journals
- NCAB Committee, NCI Split On Starting New Organ Systems Autodigestive Group
- Management Information Contract Recompetition Approved By Committee
TCL
Vol.
11
No.
08
February 22, 1985
- SBIR: A Sure Fire Way to Get Funded In A Year When Applications Scoring Over 158 Are Being Dropped
- In Brief: NIH Appeals Board Restores Nassau CCOP Funding, PI Says It Is Now Meeting Patient Accrual Goal
- Massive Opposition Building To OMB Cuts; Legislative, Court Actions Predicted
- NCI Advisory Group, Other Cancer Meetings