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.
01
January 07, 2000
- ASCO Picks Charles Balch To Succeed John Durant as Executive Vice President.
- Nelvis Castro To Serve As Acting OCC Chief; HHS Selects ANA President Malone.
- ASCB Annual Awards, Honors.
- Medicare Should Pay Routine Care For Patients in Trials: IOM.
- Consortium Aims To Make Mice Whose Cancers Act Human.
- Advisors Urge NCI To Support Basic Chemoprevention.
- Obit: Same Shapiro, Proponent of Mammographic Screening.
- UICC Seeks Nominations for Mucio Athayde Prize.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
02
January 14, 2000
- NCI Research Grant Funding To Exceed $1.5 Billion, Support 4,800 Grants, In FY00.
- Grossman Leads Neuro-Oncology Society; NYU Recruits Radiation Oncology Director.
- Toxicology Program Board To Review Nine Substances.
- NIH Acting Director Kirschstein Preparing For Budget Hearings.
- New Jersey Insurers To Cover Patient Care Costs In Trials.
- Specialists List 15 Criteria For Choosing Health Insurance.
- Leukemia Society Program In Transitional Research.
- NCI RFPs Available. RFAs Available. Program Announcements.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
03
January 21, 2000
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
04
January 28, 2000
- PR Firm Hired By American Cancer Society Also Represents “Team KOOL Green”.
- Donald Coffey Is President-Elect Of NCCR; Coalition Elects Five New Board.
- Ganz Awarded Professor Of Survivorship By Komen.
- ASCO To Begin Large Study On Quality Of Cancer Care.
- Adjuvant BC Therapy Is Topic Of NIH Consensus Conference.
- NIH And E.I. Dupont Sign OncoMouse Agreement.
- Obit: Former Roswell Park Director Gerald Murphy, 65, In Tel Aviv.
- CTRF Seeks Applications In Clinical Cancer Research.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
05
February 04, 2000
- Republican Contenders Slam FDA Decision In Care Of Boy With Treatable Brain Tumor.
- Dana-Farber, Harvard And Affiliates Form Cancer Center.
- Rep. Bruce Vento (D-MN) Has Cancer, Will Not Seek Re-Election.
- Agencies Plan Better Reporting Of Adverse Events In Trials.
- Clinton Proposes Increase For Science And Technology.
- National Dialogue On Cancer, The Cancer Act, And Activism.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
06
February 11, 2000
- South African Investigator Bezwoda Admits Falsifying Data In High-Dose Chemo Study.
- Three Win Medals Of Science For Biology; Social Worker, Survivor, Wins.
- Foti Receives Del Duca Award; Wake Forest To Hire 60 Faculty.
- Fewer New Grants Funded Under President’s Proposal.
- Letter: Boy Has Little Chance At Cure Without Proven Treatments.
- NCI RFP Available.
- DFCI Puts The Cancer Letter On Its Intranet For Employees.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
07
February 18, 2000
- Cancer Deaths Level Off For First Time, Klausner Tells House Appropriators.
- Sloan-Kettering Creates Paul Marks Award; Weinberg, Hong Honored By M. D. Anderson.
- ICC Honors Inouye, Volunteers For Work With Minorities.
- Mack, Specter Hit White House Budget Proposal For NIH.
- Tobacco Control In The States Can Reduce Use, NCPB Says.
- NCI Offers Fellowship Training In Epidemiology & Genetics.
- NCI Division To Promote Funds To Promote Collaboration.
- NCI RFP Available.
- NIH Changes SBIR/STTG Application Receipt Dates.
- NCI Contract Awards.
TCL
Vol.
26
No.
08
February 25, 2000
- NCAB Puts 20% Cap On P01 Budget Raises To Stem Requests Exceeding NCI’s.
- Bishop Completes Term As NCAB Chairman; Terms Of Five Extended Awaiting W.H. Action.
- UNC Lineberger Appoints Two, Zaret Wins Chair At Fox Chase.
- NCI, SAIC To Support Contracts For Molecular Target Labs.
- NCAB: An Extraordinary Opportunity For Budgetary Coordination.
- Aetna No Longer To Cover HDC/BMT For Breast Cancer Outside Of Clinical Trials.
- BioMedicines Begins Kidney Cancer Study; EntreMed Moves Forward.
- Aventis, MediGene In Pact For Development Of Vaccine.
- Firm To Study Imaging System As Adjunct To Mammogram.
- Techniclone Wins Patent For Tumor Necrosis Therapy.
