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News Development of a Regional Cancer Control Program A meeting at the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Offices, Cairo, was held to discuss INCTR’s participation in the preparation of a cancer control strategy for the EM region. Initiation of an INCTR Foundational Program Representatives of the European School of Oncology (ESO), INCTR and NCI Egypt gathered in Brussels on 12th July to discuss the initiation of pilot project relating to INCTR’s foundational program on cataloguing and reviewing local evidence relating to cancer control (see President’s Message). First Focused Workshop INCTR’s first focused workshop, conducted with PACT and ORCI (see article in this issue), was held in Dar Es Salaam on 22-24th July. Site Visits in East Africa Visits were made to ORCI and the Kenyatta National Hospital by Melissa Adde on 25-27th August as part of the monitoring of INCTR’s ongoing treatment protocol for Burkitt Lymphoma. Ian Magrath visited the New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital to discuss participation in this project and undertook a field visit relating to a My Child Matters Project that INCTR mentors. Workshop on Scientific Writing A workshop designed to assist young investigators to prepare scientific papers for publication was held at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences in New Delhi on 17-21st September. The 5 participants had been selected on the basis of posters they presented at INCTR’s last Annual Meeting. Elisabeth Heseltine led the faculty, Ama Rohatiner of INCTR UK coordinated the meeting, and support was provided by the Office of International Affairs, NCI, USA. Leukemia Study Group of India Meeting A videoconference was held on 13th September to discuss progress and reporting with respect to the ongoing project for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (INCTR 02-04). IAEA Scientific Forum INCTR participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Scientific Forum, held during its 50th Annual Meeting in Vienna on 17-19th September. Ian Magrath gave a presentation entitled: Cancer as a Global Health Issue; Strategies for Success. APCA Conference Doug Ennals of INCTR’s PAX program participated in the African Palliative Care Association’s Conference held on 19-21st September in Nairobi to discuss strategies for the future of palliative care in African cancer patients. Master Class in Palliative Care Stuart Brown, who heads INCTR’s PAX program, was a faculty member in a palliative care educational program organized by ESO in Tbilisi, Georgia and held on 6th to 10th October. UK Advisory Board Meeting A meeting of the UK Advisory Board took place on 15th October. ImPACT Mission to Madagascar INCTR participated in an IAEA PACT mission to Madagascar from 18-22nd October. INCTR Symposium in Thailand An INCTR Educational Symposium on lymphoma, breast, lung and gastro-intestinal tract cancer was held in Bangkok on 15-17th November. Ninety physicians from 11 countries participated. The Symposium was generously supported by Roche. Workshop on Palliative Care AMCC (INCTR’s French Branch) held a workshop devoted to palliative care on 11-15th December at the University Hospital of Souro Sanou in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Over 50 doctors and nurses from Senegal, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso participated. EM Regional Cancer Control Meeting The regional cancer control plan for WHO’s EM region, created jointly by INCTR and EMRO was presented for discussion at a meeting of regional stakeholders held in Marrakech on 19-21st November. The meeting was supported by EMRO and the Lalla Salma Association Against Cancer. New Palliative Care Program in São Paulo Stuart Brown visited Sidnei Epelman of INCTR Brasil and the leadership of the Santa Marcelina hospital in São Paulo on 20-22nd November to discuss the establishment of a new palliative care program in the region of São Paulo served by the Hospital. Second ICCC Meeting The second International Cancer Control Congress took place in Rio de Janeiro on 25-29th November. INCTR was represented on the steering committee and organized a session on new methods and technologies in cancer control. |
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