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News AGM and GC Meeting INCTR’s Annual General Meeting and Governing Council meeting took place on 3rd February. Several changes were made to the statutes to enable the organization to function more efficiently in the digital age. INCTR Poster Session
ASCO/SEMCO Course INCTR and INCTR Egypt participated in an American Society of Clinical Oncology course on multidisciplinary cancer management organized by the South and East Mediterranean College of Oncology and held in Cairo from April 5th-6th. INCTR (Melissa Adde and Ian Magrath) assisted with the organization and conduct of a session on clinical trials management. IAEA Nobel Peace Prize Event INCTR participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nobel Peace Price Event, which took place in Buenos Aires in April 23-27th, focused on human resources development in the context of cancer control in Latin America. INCTR was represented by Drs Sidnei Epelman (Brazil), Santiago Pavlovsky (Argentina) and Carlos Santos (Peru), all of whom made presentations at the meeting. Palliative Care (PAX) Visits S tuart Brown, director of INCTR’s palliative care program, visited Hyderabad from 3-5th May to participate in educational and training activities as part of INCTR’s ongoing palliative care program at the MNJ Institute in Hyderabad and to assess at first hand, the progress made to date. Monitoring Visit to Peru Julia Challinor undertook a monitoring visit from 9-13th May at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas in Lima relating to INCTR's ongoing study of the presentation and treatment of breast cancer. Peru has contributed 75% of the more than 4000 case report forms that have been submitted to date. AFROX Meeting INCTR was represented at a meeting of some 130 delegates, including health ministers or their representatives from 19 African countries, that took place from May 10-11th in London to discuss the problem of cancer in Africa. The meeting was chaired by the Rt Hon Alan Milburn, former UK Secretary of State for Health and Sir John Arbuthnott, Chairman, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. In the course of the meeting, a "London Declaration" outlining the problems and necessary solutions was prepared. Information about the meeting and a copy of the declaration are available from http://www.afrox.org/ PACT Mission to Tanzaninia Stuart Brown participated in follow up visit in Tanzania pertaining to IAEA's ongoing Program of Action for Cancer Therapy to meet with the representatives from the Tanzanian Health Ministry and other local stakeholders in the national cancer control program in order to assess progress and identify problems. Breast Cancer Strategy Group Meeting A meeting of INCTR's Breast Cancer Strategy Group took place in Brussels on 6th and 7th June. The results of the retrospective survey of presentation features of breast cancer and risk factors for treatment outcome that is presently on-going in 4 institutions were discussed. Two new activities – a prospective survey of presentation features of breast cancer and treatment practices and a questionnaire for newly diagnosed patients in order to learn about factors contributing to delays in diagnosis and obtaining treatment – were proposed and will be further considered at the next meeting. |
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