Annual Report 2006

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Professional
Training
Isreal Cancer Association
Annual Report 2006
• The ICA continues to support the participation
of Oncology Departments in activities carried
out by the Radiotherapy Group of the European
Organization for Research and Treatment of
Cancer – EORTC.
• The ICA supports the participation of research
students and interns in the annual conference
of the Cancer Biology Research Center.
• The ICA finances the purchase of professional
literature and scientific journals for oncology
departments in medical centers throughout
the country. Thanks to this project, new and
up to date information is available to professionals.
Likewise, the ICA Information Center
is a resource available to professionals, where
they may conduct a search of international
computerized databases.
Clinical Research
Project 2006
The ICA continues to fund basic or clinical
research projects carried out by Oncology Department
interns at Oncology Institutes, in order
to encourage research work in these settings.
This year's grant recipients were:
• Dr. Maya Gifs, Sha'arei Tzedek Medical
Center
• Dr. Moshe Stein, Rambam Medical Center
As part of the clinical project, a Toposimerase-2a
Probe was purchased for the Oncology Institute
at Soroka Medical Center for performing examinations
on 40 breast cancer patients, and the
technician's salary was also financed.
Travel Grants for Long-Term
Advanced Study Abroad
• Dr. Tal Arazi-Kleinman, Imagining Institute,
Sheba Medical Center, long-term advanced
study course on Imaging of the Woman – Imaging
of the Breast and Imaging of the Body
at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, United States;
• Dr. Gideon Bachar, EKG Dept. Rabin
Medical Center Belinson Campus, long-
term advanced study course on Oncology
Surgery of Head and Neck Tumors in Toronto,
Canada;
• Dr. Mario Beiner, Gynecology and Maternity
Ward, Sheba Medical Center, long-term
advanced study course on Gyneco-oncology
at 3 medical centers in Toronto, Canada;
• Dr. Davidovitch Bernard, Surgical Ward
B Kaplan Hospital Rehovot, long-term
advanced study course on Coloproctology at
4 hospital wards in Israel (Wolfson Hospital,
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Soroka
Medical Center and Sharon Hospital);
• Dr. Dedia Shlomo, Orthopedic Oncology
Ward, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center,
long-term advanced study course on Orthopedic
Oncology at the Orthopedic Hospital
in Birmingham, England;
• Dr. Simona Grozinsky Glassberg, Dept. of
Internal Medicine B Rabin Medical Center
Belinson Campus, long-term advanced
study course on Neuroendocrine Oncology,
in London, England;
• Dr. Yair Harishno, Hematology Institute Tel
Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, long-term
advanced study course on Hemato-oncology
at NIH in Bethesda, United States;
• Dr. Kakiashvili David, Urology Ward Rambam
Medical Center Haifa, long-term advanced
study course on Uro-oncology at Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United
States.
• Dr. Ilia Kakiashvili, Surgical Ward B Rambam
Medical Center, long-term advanced study
course on Colo-rectal Surgery in Toronto,
Canada, from July 2006 to July 2008;
• Dr. Constantin Lavernekov, Oncology Institute,
Soroka Medical Center, long-term
advanced study course on Radiotherapy at
Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England;
• Dr. Sharon Merimas, Sharett Institute,
Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Karem,
long-term advanced study course on a training
project: Novel adoptive immunotherapy for
malignant melanoma in Toronto, Canada;