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The Cancer Letter The Cancer Letter is an award-winning weekly newsletter covering cancer research funding, legislation Congress and the pharmaceutical industry.

The Cancer Letter, a weekly online publication, is the leading source of information on development of cancer therapies, cancer research funding and health care finance, legislation and policy. The Cancer Letter reaches the key opinion leaders in academic oncology and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Our audience includes faculty and staff members at cancer centers, pharmaceutic

al and biotechnology companies, government agencies, and Wall Street professionals. Based in Washington, D.C., The Cancer Letter provides in-depth coverage of events at cancer centers, the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Food & Drug Administration, U.S. Over the past four decades, The Cancer Letter has earned acclaim and numerous journalism awards for its investigative coverage of issues that shape oncology. Our work has been profiled and cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, 60 Minutes, 20/20, CNN, NPR, Science, Nature and many other news outlets. Our coverage has triggered investigations by Congressional committees, the Institute of Medicine, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Justice. The Cancer Letter was founded in 1973 by journalist Jerry D. Boyd, two years after Congress passed the National Cancer Act of 1971. Boyd retired in 1990, turning over the company to his daughter Kirsten Boyd Goldberg, who served as editor and publisher for the next 20 years. Paul Goldberg became publisher in January 2011.

Christina Cone named associate deputy director of Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke
09/17/2025

Christina Cone named associate deputy director of Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke

Christina Cone was named associate deputy director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.**Not all site licenses are enroll...

Anirban Maitra, Manuel Hidalgo, join NYU Langone Health new GI cancer center as co-directors
09/16/2025

Anirban Maitra, Manuel Hidalgo, join NYU Langone Health new GI cancer center as co-directors

Anirban Maitra and Manuel Hidalgo were named co-directors of a new Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a spons...

Trump administration releases MAHA report on children’s healthThe report targets diet, chemical exposures, chronic stres...
09/15/2025

Trump administration releases MAHA report on children’s health

The report targets diet, chemical exposures, chronic stress, and overmedicalization as core tenets of America’s sick kids problem.

https://cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/20250912_8b/

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation establish Aging & Cancer Institute
09/15/2025

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation establish Aging & Cancer Institute

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation announced they will combine in a first-of-its-kind transaction in cancer philanthropy to launch the Samuel Waxman Institute for Aging & Cancer.  To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe...

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