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9/22/2010 3:09 PM
 
Doug Pyle

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For those who have an interest in cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMCs): The following is a calendar of ASCO activity in LMCs for the remainder of 2010 and for 2011. Additional events will be finalized (including the schedule and locations of official 2011 Best of ASCO® meetings) over the coming months. For updates and more information, these and other ASCO meetings and workshops are also posted on the ASCO Calendar of Events (www.asco.org/calendar).

In addition, ASCO and the ASCO Cancer Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2011 International Development and Education Award (IDEA), designed to support the professional development of early-career oncologists in LMCs. Recipients of this award are paired with an ASCO mentor, attend ASCO’s 2011 Annual Meeting (June 3-7, 2011) and participate in a post-Meeting visit to their mentor’s institution in the United States or Canada. Recipients also receive three years of complimentary membership with ASCO. The deadline for submitting an application for the IDEA program is January 12, 2011. Complete details about the application and selection process, award terms, and eligibility requirements are available at www.ascocancerfoundation.org/idea.

Please kindly share this announcement with any who may be interested.

Doug Pyle
Senior Director, International Affairs
American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.asco.org/international
Low- and Middle-Income Country Activity Calendar, 2010-2011

Updated September 2010
Country ASCO Program Partners Dates
Brazil Course on Cancer Care in the Older Population French-Brazilian Oncology Society October 21, 2010
Brazil Joint symposium on cancer advances and economic implications Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology October 22-26, 2011
Chile Joint symposium on gastric cancer Chilean Oncology Foundation April 6-8, 2011
Egypt International Clinical Trials Workshop
(asco.org/ictw)		 South and East Mediterranean College of Oncology January 27-28, 2011
Egypt Joint symposium on cancer research and Africa African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) November 30-December 3, 2011
Ethiopia International Cancer Corps
(asco.org/cancercorps)		 Tikur Anbessa Hospital Health Volunteers Overseas Site Assessment October 2010
Ghana EPEC-O/Palliative Care Workshop
(asco.org/epecocd)		 African-Oxford Cancer Foundation (AfrOx) February 2011
Honduras International Cancer Corps
(asco.org/cancercorps)		 Hospital Escuela Hospital
San Felipe Cancer Center
Emma Callejas Health Volunteers Overseas		 Ongoing volunteer visits
Nigeria Joint symposium on AIDS-Related Malignancies Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria Planned for February 2011
Paraguay Joint symposium on Breast Cancer Management Paraguayan Society of Surgical Oncology October 1-2, 2010
Romania International Clinical Trials Workshop
(asco.org/ictw)		 Romanian Society for Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology July 1-2, 2011
Romania Joint symposium on solid malignancies Romanian Society for Medical Oncology September 23-24, 2011
Syria Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course (MCMC)
(asco.org/mcmc)		 Syrian Oncology Association January 21-22, 2011
Uruguay International Clinical Trials Workshop
(asco.org/ictw)		 Latin American Federation of Cancer Societies March 24-25, 2011
Uruguay Joint symposium on Barriers to Clinical Cancer Research in Latin America Latin American Federation of Cancer Societies March 26, 2011
Vietnam International Cancer Corps
(asco.org/cancercorps)		 Hue University Health Volunteers Overseas Site assessment September 2010
 
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1/19/2011 6:26 AM
 
Surendra Gauchan

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Cancer remains a challenge in developing countries where resources are limited.In Nepal there are only four centres providing cancer therapy for 30 million population.National Academy Of Medical sciences(NAMS) is the only institute pursuing three years of postgraduate program on Radiation Oncology.The residents are rotated in two centres.The Bir Hospital, the oldest hospital in the country and BPKMCH(NCI) bestowed with contemporary Radiotherapy facilities.With limiations of resources the residents are trained more like a clinical oncologist and the major sphere of patients too are of hematology.

As a beginner, i guess reward of IDEA can be a great asset to boost the morales of early carrier oncology residents .
 
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