Conquest of Cancer Act, 1971

CONQUEST OF CANCER ACT, 1971

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

S. 34

TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CANCER AUTHORITY IN
ORDER TO CONQUER CANCER AT THE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE DATE

S. 1828

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT SO AS
TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY STRENGTHEN-
ING THE NATIONAL EFFORT TO CONQUER CANCER

MARCH 9, 10, AND JUNE 10, 1971

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
WINSTON PROUTY, Vermont
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staff Director
ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel
ROY H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director
EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey

GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California

HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
WINSTON PROUTY, Vermont
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland

LEROY G. GOLDMAN, Professional Staff Member
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

(II)

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York.

Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado__

Egeberg, Hon. Roger O., M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scien-

tific Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washing-

ton, D.C.; accompanied by Jessie L. Steinfeld, M.D., Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs and Surgeon General,

USPHS; Robert Q. Marston, M.D., Director of the National Institutes

of Health, DHEW; and Carl G. Baker, M.D., Director, National Cancer

Institute NIH-DHEW__.

Cooper, Dr. John A. D., President, Association of American Medical

Colleges

Schneider, Howard A., Ph. D., Director, The Institute of Nutrition, Uni-

versity of North Carolina_.

110

Lee, Dr. Philip R., Chancellor of the University of California, San Fran-

cisco; accompanied by James F. Kelly, Vice-President for Administra-

tive Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C_

116

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1971

Packwood, Hon. Bob, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon..

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of

Maryland

Schmidt, Benno C., Chairman; Sidney Farber, Cochairman; and Members

R. Lee Clark, Henry S. Kaplan, James F. Holland, Joseph Burchenal,

and Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, panel from Committee of Consultants
on Cancer_.

Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota__

Pollard, H. Marvin, M.D., President, American Cancer Society, Inc____

Rhoads, Jonathan E., M.D., Past President, American Society, for the

American Cancer Society--

189, 286

Moses, Campbell, M.D., Medical Director, American Heart Association;

accompanied by Dr. Ezra Lamdin__.

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1971

Richardson, Hon. Elliot L., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Dr. Robert Q. Marston, Director, National

Institutes of Health, and Stephen Kurzman, Under Secretary of

H.E.W

Cooper, John A. D., M.D., President, Association of Medical Colleges___.

Schmidt, Benno, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Memorial Hos-

pital, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; accompanied by Dr. Sidney Far-

ber, Director of Research, Children's Research Foundation; and Dr.

Lee Clark, President, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital

and Tumor Institute, Houston, Tex-----

314

377

396

STATEMENTS

Clark, R. Lee, M.D., president, University of Texas. M. D. Anderson Hos-

pital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Tex., prepared statement------

Cooper, John A. D., M.D., President of the Association of American

Medical Colleges--

Prepared statements..

Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado----

Egeberg, Hon. Roger O., M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scien-

tific Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washing-

ton, D.C.; accompanied by Jessie L. Steinfeld, M.D., Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs and Surgeon General,

USPHS; Robert Q. Marston, M.D., Director of the National Institutes

of Health, DHEW; and Carl G. Baker, M.D., Director, National Cancer

Institute NIH-DHEW.

Prepared statement_

Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota__
Prepared statement_.

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York...
Prepared statement__

Kennedy, Dr. Eugene P., President of the American Society of Biological

407

214

218

275

Lee, Dr. Philip R., Chancellor of the University of California, San Fran-

cisco; accompanied by James F. Kelley, Vice President for Administra-

tive Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.--.

Prepared statement_-_.

116

130

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of

Moses, Campbell, M.D., Medical Director, American Heart Association;
accompanied by Dr. Ezra Lamdin___.

230

Packwood, Hon. Bob, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon__.

Pollard, H. Marvin, M.D., President, American Cancer Society, Inc.‒‒‒‒

Rhoads, Jonathan E., M.D., Past President, American Society, for the

American Cancer Society.

171

222

225

Richardson, Hon. Elliot L., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, accompanied by Dr. Robert Q. Marston, Director, National

Institutes of Health, and Stephen Kurzman, Under Secretary of HEW..

Prepared statement.

Schmidt, Benno C., Chairman; Sidney Farber, Cochairman; and Members

R. Lee Clark, Henry S. Kaplan, James F. Holland, Joseph Burchenal,

and Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, panel from Committee of Consultants on

Schmidt, Benno C., Chairman of the executive committee, Memorial Hos-

pital, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: accompanied by Dr. Sidney

Farber, Director of Research, Children's Research Foundation; and Dr.

R. Lee Clark, President, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital

and Tumor Institute, Houston, Tex-_--_-

396

110

Schneider, Howard A., Ph. D., Director, The Institute of Nutrition, Uni-

versity of North Carolina.

Vigorito, Hon. Joseph P., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Pennsylvania_.

233

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc. :

"A National Program for the Conquest of Cancer-Summary and
Recommendations," by the Committee of Consultants on the National
Cancer Study__

A Plan of Organization for the Conquest of Cancer Program__.

"Cancer Cure' Has Limitations," by Joshua Lederberg, from The

Washington Post, February 14, 1971____

"Cancer-Cure Program," the President's remarks on proposed legisla-

tion to establish the program within the National Institutes of

Health, May 11, 1971 (from the weekly compilation of Presidential

Documents, May 17, 1971)__

271

306

Costs Associated with a Separate Agency--

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-Continued 2

Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

"Highlights in the Scientific History and Organization of the Na-

tional Institutes of Health, 1945-1970", from U.S. Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National

Institutes of Health--

Page

146

How the Plan of Organization for the Conquest of Cancer Meets the
Conquest Program Objectives, an analysis----

News release from the Office of Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.,

March 10, 1971----

187

Progress and Opportunity Highlights for Cancer Prevention and

Treatment

309

Testimony in support of Senator Nelson's Amendment No. 109 to S.

Citations to:

372

410

411

Farber, Sidney, from the American Association for Cancer Research__
Schmidt, Benno, from the American Association for Cancer Research__
Communications to:

Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, U.S.
Senate, Washington, D.C. from Charles J. Hitch, President, Uni-
versity of California, March 3, 1971--

David, Dr. Edward E., Jr., Science Adviser to the President, The

White House, Washington, D.C., from:

Anderson, Robert J., M.D., Managing Director, National Tubercu-

losis and Respiratory Disease Association, New York, N.Y.,

February 17, 1971.

Moore, Stanford, President Federation of American Societies for

Experimental Biology, and Chairman, Federation Board, Be-

thesda, Md., February 16, 1971----

Schneider, Howard A., Chairman, Public Affairs Committee, Fed-

eration of American Societies for Experimental Biology, In-

stitute of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, February

16, 1971.

Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado,

U. S. Senate, Washington, D.C., from:

Aldrich, Robert A., M.D., Vice President for Health Affairs, Uni-

versity of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo., March 12,

1971

Blandford, Sidney E., M.D., Denver, Colo., March 22, 1971 (with
enclosure)

Blum, J. J., Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., March 11, 1971----
del Regato, J. A., Director, The Penrose Cancer Hospital, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo., March 12, 1971-

Frisell, Wilhelm R., Chairman and Professor, Department of

Biochemistry, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry,

Graham, Angus F., Chairman, Department of Biochemistry,

McGill University, Montreal, Canada, April 14, 1971---

Hill, Rolla B., Jr., M.D., Secretary, Association of Pathology

Chairman, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, March 9, 1971---

Hollinger, Mannfred A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacol-

ogy, University of California, Davis, Calif., March 11, 1971.

Kern, Fred, Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of

Gastroenterology, University of Colorado Medical Center,

Denver, Colo., March 12, 1971---

Kinney, Thomas D., M.D., Secretary-Treasurer, Intersociety Com-

mittee for Research Potential in Pathology, Durham, N.C.,

March 11, 1971 (Telegram) –

250

Moore, John W., Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, N.C., March 12, 1971-
Richards, Frederic M., Chairman, Department of Molecular
Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, March 17, 1971
Richardson, Elliot, Secretary, Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, Washington, D.C., April 5, 1971--.

Singleton, John W., M.D., Denver, Colo., March 19, 1971.

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