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The First International Cancer Congress today discusses the most important developments in the field of lymphoma, breast tumors, gastrointestinal tumors, liver cancer, educational care, targeted diagnosis, and radiotherapy. It also sheds light on what the National Committee has done on clinical evidence and methods of standardization of treatment in the Kingdom, therapeutic and diagnostic developments in cancer tumors, nanotechnology, and the exploitation of the latest technologies in human molecular science and oncology.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah, is witnessing the opening of the conference activities called by the Saudi Oncology Society in cooperation with King Fahd Specialist Hospital, with the participation of a number of local and international doctors, at the Gulf Meridian Al Khobar Hotel.
The President of the Saudi Oncology Society, Dr. Essam bin Muhammad Al-Morshed, explained that launching the slogan "Treatment and Care" at the conference comes from the association''s keenness on patients with cancer because as doctors when we treat disease we can win or lose, but when you deal with people, you are always the winner, so we are We do not treat disease only, but also take care of people.
Al-Murshid pointed out that on the sidelines of the conference, in cooperation with the American Nursing Association, the first training course in the Middle East devoted to the rehabilitation of nurses will be provided to those who pass a certificate of completion of accredited training in the field of oncology nursing, and a training course on palliative care will be held in cooperation with supportive palliative care.
The guide pointed out that the conference devoted a session to discussing the future of oncology services in the Kingdom, with the participation of a group of oncologists in the Kingdom, including Dr. Abdullah Al-Amro, the treatment and radiation consultant and the executive director of King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Mushabab Al-Asiri, head of the radiotherapy department in King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Daesh Ajarm, former head of the King Faisal Cancer Center, Dr. Ayman Langawi, head of the general surgery department at the Specialty Hospital in Jeddah, Dr. Asim Al-Radi, head of the oncology department in King Abdullah City, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Sagheer, head of the oncology center at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam. It is worth noting that the Saudi Commission for Medical Specialties approved the 27-hour conference.
