Katie Goldberg is director of operations and illustrator at The Cancer Letter. She joined the publication full-time in 2018, and has been providing editorial illustrations since 2015.
Katie leads all operational and business development functions of The Cancer Letter and the Cancer History Project, including subscription services, advertising, publishing, and strategy.
Her editorial art appears weekly in The Cancer Letter. Her art has been recognized numerous times by the Washington, DC Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post.
Katie holds a BA from the University of Chicago, an MFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.
Katie leads all operational and business development functions of The Cancer Letter and the Cancer History Project, including subscription services, advertising, publishing, and strategy.
Her editorial art appears weekly in The Cancer Letter. Her art has been recognized numerous times by the Washington, DC Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post.
Katie holds a BA from the University of Chicago, an MFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.
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In the Archives
As oncology contemplates the potential impact of a second Donald Trump term on cancer care and research, The Cancer Letter has compiled a list of guest editorials, news analyses, and data-driven reports that this magazine published during his first term.
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The Cancer Letter’s summer reading list is here and it’s full of titles to help you drive professional growth, reflect on a divided nation—and even explore a little “neural nostalgia” with Beyoncé.
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The Cancer Letter staff were finalists for six 2024 Dateline Awards from the Washington, DC, Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—three for journalism, and three for design—and won first place for two.
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On Dec. 21, 1973, Jerry D. Boyd ran the first printing of a little newsletter that would become The Cancer Letter.
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We think of the compilation of The Cancer Letter’s most-read stories as an end-of-year snapshot of oncology’s priorities.
By Alexandria Carolan and Katie Goldberg
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What drew Jim Allison to T cells, Hagop Kantarjian to leukemia, or Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan to breast cancer advocacy?
By Alexandria Carolan and Katie Goldberg
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Every August since 2020, The Cancer Letter has asked a diverse panel of clinicians, basic scientists, early-career faculty, patient advocates, government officials, and regulators to tell us what they are reading.
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The Cancer Letter staff members were finalists for seven 2023 Dateline Awards from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—four for journalism, and three for design—and won first place for three.
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2022 was the year to try to return to normal—or at least an approximation thereof.
By Alexandria Carolan and Katie Goldberg
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The Cancer History Project preserves legacies, stories, and transcripts.
By Alexandria Carolan and Katie Goldberg
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Is 2022 the year of thrillers? Statistics? Thrillers about statistics?
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The Cancer Letter staff won seven first-place Dateline Awards from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists—three for journalism and four for design.
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The ASCO annual meeting began in 1964 as a group of 51 physicians finalizing the bylaws of the organization—and has since turned into a much-anticipated global event that brings together 35,000 to 40,000 people across all areas of oncology.
By Alexandria Carolan and Katie Goldberg
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Fifty years ago, President Nixon interrupted Christmas festivities to sign the National Cancer Act of 1971 into law. Fifty years later, we invite you to immerse yourself in that day to reflect on how far we’ve come.
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Directors of the first three NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers are learning from the past, starting with the National Cancer Act, and mapping an equitable future for oncology.
By Katie Goldberg and Alexandria Carolan
In the Archives
The battle over which institution gets to call itself the first cancer center is extremely complex—in part because the contenders predate NCI’s definition of a “cancer center.”
In the Archives
An NCI press conference is rarely a tabloid affair—except on Sept. 30, 1974. What was anticipated to be a dry occasion shifted when Betty Ford, wife of President Gerald Ford, underwent a radical mastectomy Sept. 28.
Editorial
It is no small task to fully rebuild the website of a publication that has 16,118 published articles.
Health Disparities
We are shocked and horrified by the recent spate of violence and hate crimes against people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent across the United States.In response to these events, The Cancer Letter is stepping up coverage of inequities and disparities—and we are seeking your help and guidance on an upcoming series of investigative stories.As a publication that actively advocates for racial justice and health equity, we condemn these attacks, which have led to deaths, severe injuries, and widespread fear in AAPI communities.
By Matthew Bin Han Ong, Alexandria Carolan, Katie Goldberg and Paul Goldberg
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How diverse are the upper rungs of leadership at America’s academic cancer centers?
By Matthew Bin Han Ong and Katie Goldberg
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Women in oncology who face gender bias know what not to do: seek help from their institutions.
By Alexandria Carolan, Katie Goldberg and Matthew Bin Han Ong
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It is not a matter of editorial opinion to say these words: Black Lives Matter.
By Alexandria Carolan, Katie Goldberg, Matthew Bin Han Ong and Paul Goldberg
Obituary
Nearly half a century ago, Jerry Dock Boyd started covering the opening shots of the War on Cancer.