International

CEESP International Field Collaborators

Algeria  
A population-based cancer registry in Setif, Algeria was established in 1989, in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Setif is located in north Algeria west of Algiers (the capital of the country), and covers an area of 6540 Km2, with a population of about 1.5 million individuals. Setif has eight hospitals and a university center with 2025 hospital beds. There are 25 maternity hospitals, 15 polyclinics, 49 health centers, and 143 care units whose cancer data are included in the registry. The registry uses the latest version of CANREG and NEWCRG software. Registry data have been published for several years in the latest 2 versions of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents and Childhood Cancer, published by IARC. Registry leaders have mentored and trained 92 students and junior epidemiologists on the cancer registry data over the past 18 years and investigated the epidemiology of common cancers in the region, including nasopharyngeal, lung, and breast cancer
Egypt  

Dr. Amr Soliman has a strong infrastructure and funded case-control studies with several institutions in Egypt. These projects can provide student learning opportunities in the areas of genetic epidemiology of IBC, molecular epidemiology of young-onset colorectal cancer, and gene-environmental interactions in pancreatic cancer.

Institute: Cairo University

  • Cooperator: Hussein Khaled, MD - Vice President
  • Cooperator: Hamdy Abdel-Azim, MD - Professor of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine
  • Cooperator: Salah Abdel Hadi, MD - Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Dean
    CGH International Symposium 2010
  • Cooperator: Salah Abdel Hadi, MD - Sherif Omar, MD- Professor of Surgical Oncology and Dean Emeritus
    CGH International Symposium 2010

Institute: Breast Cancer Early Detection Program

  • Cooperator: Dorria Salem, MD - Professor of Radiology and Director

Institute: Ain Shams University

  • Cooperator: Wagida Anwar, MD, PhD - Professor of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Epidemiology
    CGH International Symposium 2010

Institute: National Cancer Institute of Cairo University (NCI-Cairo), Cairo

  • Cooperator: Hussein Khaled, Director

Institute: Gharbiah Cancer Registry, Tanta

  • Cooperator: Ahmed Hablas, President
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007
  • Cooperator: Kadry Ismail, Director
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007

 Institute: Research and Training in Cancer

  • Cooperator: Ahmed Elzawawy, Vice President
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007

 Institute: Gastroenterology Surgical Center, Manasoura University, Mansoura

Institute: Tanta Cancer Center

  • Cooperator: Ibrahim Seif El-din, Director
Ethiopia  

Institute: Mathiwos Wondu-YeEthiopia Cancer Society

Cooperator: Yetenayet Abebe, PhD - Director

CGH International Symposium 2010 

Ghana  

Institute: University of Kumasi

  • Collaborator: Baffour Awuah, MD - Professor of Oncology and Medical Director, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital 
    CGH International Symposium 2010
  • Collaborator: Solomon E. Quayson, MSc, FWACP - Professor of Pathology
  • Collaborator: Ernest Adjei, MD- Professor of Pathology 
Israel  
Dr. Amr Soliman have several ongoing projects with collaborators in Israel. These projects involve collaborators from Carmel Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine and the Middle East Cancer Consortium in Haifa as well as Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv. Theses ongoing projects can provide research settings and mentorship for the students to develop projects on cancer epidemiology, early detection, and genetics of colorectal cancer.
Jordan  
Dr. Amr Soliman has strong collaboration with the Jordan Cancer Registry of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC).
Kenya  

Institute: Cervical Cancer Incidence

  • Cooperator: Anne Korir, MD - Associate Director of the Kenya Cancer Registry 
    CGH International Symposium 2010 
Malawi  
Institute: Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital 
Collaborator: Dr. Leo Masamba, Professor of Medical Oncology
Morocco  

The National Cancer Center of Rabaat has been in collaboration with IARC for several years. Cervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer in this population. Dr. Amr Soliman has been in collaboration with colleagues from this center for several years, and visits Morocco regularly. He has ongoing studies with local collaborators in Morocco on the chemoprevention of cervical cancer. Opportunities for students will be focused on the epidemiology of cervical cancer, the most common cancer among women in Morocco.

Institute: Ibn Rochd Center for Oncology, Hassan the Second University, Casablanca

  • Collaborator: Dr. Abdel-Latif Benider, Center Director 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007

Institute: Department of Pathology, Hassan II University Medical School

  • Collaborator: Dr. Mehdi Karkouri, Professor of Pathology 
    CGH International Symposium 2010 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007

Institute: Oncology Center, University of Marrakesh

  • Collaborator: Dr. Ali Tahri, Professor of Oncology and Center Director
Nigeria  

Institute: Obafemi Awolowo University

  • Cooperator: Kavode Ajenifuja, Gynaeco-Oncologist 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007 
Sudan  

Institute: University of Khartoum

  • Cooperator: Kamal E.H. Mohamed, MD - Associate Professor of Oncology 
    CGH International Symposium 2010 
Tunisia  

Dr. Sofia Merajver, from University of Michigan, and Dr. Amr Soliman are collaborating with colleagues from Saleh Aziz Cancer Institute on the epidemiology of IBC in Tunisia. This project includes Dr. Catherine Schairer from the Division of Epidemiology and Cancer Genetics of NCI. The project focuses on investigating the molecular epidemiologic features of IBC and reasons for the aggressive nature of the disease. Namratas Shah, a masters student from UM-SPH, worked on this project in 2005 under the supervision of Drs. Merajver and Soliman.

Institute: Saleh Aziz Cancer Institute

  • Cooperator: Karima Mrad, MD - Professor of Pathology
    CGH International Symposium 2010
Turkey  

Dr. Amr Soliman is collaborating with colleagues from Istanbul University on a study addressing the infectious agents related to lymphoma. This study is funded by the Middle East Cancer Consortium and was preceded by a study on the molecular pathology of colorectal cancer in the Middle East. Also, Dr. Soliman published with colleagues from Turkey on colorectal cancer in Turkey.

Institute: Cancer Registry of Izmir

  • Cooperator: Sultan Eser, MD, PhD - Director of the Cancer Registry of Izmir
    CGH International Symposium 2010
Tanzania  

Dr. Twalib Ngoma is the Director of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, and he has cooperated with us as a mentor of CEESP students since 2007. We conducted studies to understand the incidence and prevalence of cervical cancer, and the practice of cervical cancer screening program in Tanzania.

Institute: Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam

  • Cooperator: Julius Mwaiselage, MD, PhD, Director of Cancer Control and Prevention 
    CGH International Symposium 2010
  • Cooperator: Twalib Ngoma, Director 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007: 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007 Pt. 1 
    Cancer in Africa Symposium 2007 Pt. 2
Uganda  

Institute: Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Kampala 

  • Collaborator: Dr. Henry Wabinga, Professor of Pathology and Director of the Uganda Population-based Cancer Registry
  • Collaborator: Dr. Anthony Gakwaya, Professor of Surgical Oncology