INCTR-Related Activities in China

Drs Yaoping Wang and Jin Yang Tang are pediatric oncologists who practice at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center. For some years they have successfully treated childhood leukemia according to protocol MCP 841, which has been used extensively in India and Egypt by other INCTR collaborators. More recently, they have been instrumental in the formation of a small pediatric oncology group in Shanghai. The first protocol adopted by the group is for the treatment of pediatric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The INCTR has agreed to provide support for the development of this group, including the training of a data manager. Dr Rong Bu, a physician who recently gained his Ph.D. in Shanghai, is undergoing additional training in the molecular characterization of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the INCTR-associated unit at the King Fahd Children's Medical Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the supervision of Dr Kishor Bhatia. When Dr Bu completes his training, he will return to the Shanghai Children's Hospital and develop a laboratory program in leukemia studies to supplement the clinical program.