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Membership<br />
This year has seen an increase in membership,<br />
partly with members from the Department <strong>of</strong><br />
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<strong>and</strong> partly from our colleagues in the faculty <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Science</strong> that are working in the cancer area. The<br />
group is inclusive <strong>and</strong> is very pleased to welcome<br />
these new members into the fold.<br />
Cancer Database<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the group are supporting efforts to<br />
improve the national cancer register at Tawam<br />
hospital. This is considered to be the cornerstone<br />
<strong>of</strong> cancer surveillance in the UAE <strong>and</strong><br />
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progress against cancer. In the future all government<br />
<strong>and</strong> private healthcare providers in the<br />
UAE will contribute to the registry.<br />
Tissue Bank<br />
The group considers this to be a valuable<br />
resource for oncology research in the UAE. The<br />
bank will provide for the collection, processing<br />
<strong>and</strong> storage <strong>of</strong> human tumors <strong>and</strong> appropriate<br />
control tissues for research. The bank will<br />
help to foster collaborations between clinical<br />
oncologists <strong>and</strong> basic scientists at the FMHS <strong>and</strong><br />
Tawam Hospital. Approval for the tissue bank<br />
from the human ethics committee is in place, although<br />
approval for individual projects utilizing<br />
tissue will have to be obtained by the project<br />
investigators. The equipment <strong>and</strong> staff for the<br />
tissue procurement bank are in place. A subcommittee<br />
has developed protocols for tissue<br />
collection <strong>and</strong> storage as well as other issues,<br />
such as ethical approval, consent, maintenance<br />
<strong>of</strong> records, authorship recognition for surgeons<br />
<strong>and</strong> pathologists participating in tissue collection,<br />
etc.<br />
Emirates Oncology Conference<br />
The group will participate in the upcoming<br />
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1-3 November, 2012 at the Emirates Palace Hotel<br />
in Abu Dhabi. A symposium on basic cancer<br />
research projects that have been funded by<br />
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included in the program; so several members <strong>of</strong><br />
the group will give presentations at the<br />
conference.<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Activities<br />
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a total <strong>of</strong> 27 research grants for their work,<br />
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UAE University National <strong>Research</strong> Foundation<br />
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25 papers in peer-reviewed journals.<br />
121<br />
Oncology
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