Issue 30 - The Cancer Letter

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2021/03/17053004/TCL-logo-horizontal-white.png" alt="" >

Vol.

31

No.

30

July 29, 2005Jul 29, 2005

Free

DOWNLOAD THE PDF

More money would speed progress, NCI says, but backs off previous commitment to meet 2015 goal by 2010.

In Senate testimony, NCI director uses survival rate as measure of progress for goal to “eliminate suffering and death due to cancer.”

Also in this 8-page issue: Use cancer mortality, not 5-year survival, to track progress against cancer, researchers say.

Obituary: Sir Richard Doll, 92, epidemiologist who linked smoking to lung cancer.

Recent Issues

Volume 52 | Issue 10 - March 13, 2026

Volume 52 | Issue 09 - March 06, 2026

Volume 52 | Issue 08 - February 27, 2026

Volume 52 | Issue 07 - February 20, 2026

Volume 52 | Issue 06 - February 13, 2026

Volume 52 | Issue 05 - February 06, 2026