MENA Oncology Conference
23 – 24 May, 2011, Cairo, Egypt
Cancer is an increasing problem in the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Region and ranks as the fourth leading cause of death. It is a major public health problem that affects every country in the MENA region regardless of economic and social situation. Although the incidence of cancer in the Region is still well below that in western countries, it is expected to experience the highest increase among all WHO Regions in the next 20 years.
Venue: Intercontinental City Stars, Cairo, Egypt
The MENA Oncology Conference will include, among other things, new information, consolidated knowledge, and conversations on controversial issues regarding Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer Research and more. MENA Oncology Conference will be a great opportunity for governmental and non-governmental cancer control officials, physicians, researchers and health professionals, and also for patients, advocates, volunteers and others interested in cancer control, from all over the world, to get together and exchange views on how to deal with cancer.
Advisory panel:
Dr. Anthony B. Miller, Associate Director, Research
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. David Kerr , Chief Research Adviser
Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar
Dr. Suad Bint Mohamed Bin Amer, Founder and Co-Chairman
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Head of Breast Cancer Research Unit, Zahra Breast Cancer Association, KSA
Dr. Raul Ribeiro, Director, International Outreach Program and Leukemia / Lymphoma Division
St Jude Children Research Hospital, USA
Dr. Carlo V. Catapano, Director, Experimental Oncology
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
Dr. Aida Hussein, Coordinator of the Breast Cancer Control Programme
Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan
Dr. Salwa Boulos, Breast Radiologist
Galla Hospital, Egypt
Dr. Ahmad Al Khateib, Director of Training
King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan
Dr. Hussein Khaled, Associate Secretary General and President of South & East Mediterranean College of Oncology
Arab Medical Association against Cancer, Egypt
Dr. Ashraf Selim, Head Of Women’s Imaging Unit, Consultant of Egyptian National Breast Screening Program & Egyptian Society of Women’s Imaging & Health Care(ESWIH), President
Cairo University, Egypt
Key speakers:
Professor Nada Alwan, Pioneering National Breast Cancer Research & Early Detection Program, Iraq
Executive Director
Dr. Amal Samy Ibrahim, National Cancer Institute, Egypt
Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the National Cancer Registry of Egypt
Dr. Heba Sweed, Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness, Egypt
Country Program Manager
Professor Dr. Alaa Kandil, Alexandria School of Medicine, Egypt
Professor of Clinical Oncology
Professor Dr. Rabab Gaafar, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt
Professor and Head of Medical Oncology Department & National Representative of ESMO in Egypt and Africa
Dr. Sidi Mohamed Taher Alaoui, Lalla Salma Association, Morocco
President of Scientific Committee
Dr. Norran H. Said, Cairo University, Egypt
Breast Radiologist and , Egyptian Society of Women’s Imaging & Health Care, Treasurer
Claude Bacrie, SuperSonic Imagine, France
Co-founder and Scientific Director
Dr. Khalid Taalab, Military Academy Academy IAEA, Egypt
Professor of Nuclear Medicine and PET CT Unit Manger at TechnoScan Egypt
Professor Dr. Ashraf Selim, Cairo University, Egypt
Professor of Radiology, Head Of Women‘s Imaging Unit, Consultant of Egyptian National Breast Screening Program & President of Egyptian Society of Women‘s Imaging & Health Care(ESWIH)
Dr. Mohamed Shaalan, Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt, Egypt
Director
Dr. Mohsen Samy Barsoum, Cairo University, Egypt
Professor of Clinical Oncology
Dr. Ilia Anis, Cairo University, Egypt
Pathologist
Dr. Andy Smith, Hologic Inc, USA
Senior Director
Dr. Raghib Ali, INDOX Cancer Research Network, UK
Director
Dr. Michel Daher, Lebanese Cancer Society, Lebanon
President
Dr. Carlo V. Catapano, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
Director, Experimental Oncology
Nicholas Kalavrezos, University College London Hospital, UK
Consultant Maxillofacial/Head & Neck Surgeon
Dr. Rasha Fahmi Abdalla, El-Salam Oncology Center, Egypt
Director
Dr. C. S. Pramesh, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Thoracic Surgery Head
Dr. Anil Heroor, Fortis Hospital, India
Oncosurgeon
Key topics:
Regional Perspective on Cancer
The Challenges facing National Cancer control plans
Early detection and Screening of Breast cancer
Controversies in Breast cancer: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy
Prevention and Risk of Breast Cancer
Emerging Concepts in Head and Neck Cancer diagnostics and Therapy
Clinical Research in Cancer
Recent Advances in the treatment of Lung Cancer
Who should attend: Radiologists and Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists and Surgical Oncologists, Haematologists, Pathologists, Clinical Pharmacists, Nurses
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