The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) funded the Methods in Cancer Research Workshop.  This workshop is organized in collaboration with the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. The workshop is similar to the well known VAIL Workshop run by ASCO/AACR in the USA and FILMS Workshop run by ECCO/AACR/EORTC/ESMO in Europe. The next Workshop will be held in February 9-13, 2013.

The objectives of the workshop are to:

• To enhance cancer research in the Arab Countries through capacity building of well trained investigators.
• To educate participants about the principles of good clinical trial design and provide them with the necessary tools required to conduct trials that are relevant to the region.
• Guide participants to identify various challenges of clinical research and provide advice and education on how to overcome these challenges.

This Workshop is directed mainly to:

• Practitioners with a cancer-related subspecialty (e.g. Medical Oncology, Hemato-oncology, Clinical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Pediatric Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Gynecology Oncology, etc.).

• Applicants who are employed full-time at a facility that provides cancer care.

The workshop will have 4 components:

Didactic Lectures: will be presented by an expert faculty and other guest speakers and address various aspects of clinical research including the development and conducting of clinical trials, as well as related ethical, administrative and regulatory issues.

Group Breakout Sessions: each group will have small number of participants greater than 10 with one or two (2) faculty facilitators. These sessions will allow time for specific discussion on individual proposals.

Self Study and Work:  will allow participants to complete the assignments required to be submitted by them as a semi-final draft by the end of the fourth day of the workshop in order to receive final feedback on the fifth day.

One-on-one Sessions:  aim to provide specific advice to participants when they meet individually with the workshop faculty.

For queries, please visit http://mcrw.kacst.edu.sa or email mcrw@kacst.edu.sa