THE CANCER LETTER received a first place 2014 Dateline Award for Excellence in Local Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists June 10. The award recognizes Paul Goldberg’s series of stories on “Conflict of Interest at MD Anderson Cancer Center” as the winner in the Newsletter, Washington, D.C., category.
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
