PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT

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PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE
REPORT

• AZIZA SHAD, MD
• LOMBARDI CANCER CENTER
• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
• WASHINGTON DC

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Pediatric Oncology Workshops
• Training Program for Iraq
• Fellowship Program
• Visiting Experts Program
• Collaborative Efforts with other Oncology Groups
• Development of Educational Material
• Telemedicine
• Funding
• Future Plans

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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 2005

• Overview of Pediatric Oncology
• Hematological malignancies
• Solid tumors and Bone tumors
• Supportive care Infections, Transfusion
  medicine
• Palliative care
• Introduction to translational research, clinical
  trials and research methodology
• Faculty came from USA, UK, Asia, Middle East
• Funding Office of International Affairs, NCI
  and parent institutions

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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 2005

• Katmandu, Nepal January 2005
• In collaboration with INCTR, Nepal
• INCTR Workshop on Cancer Care in Nepal
• Lahore, Pakistan March 2005
• In collaboration with Shaukat Khanum Memorial
  Cancer Center, Lahore, Pakistan
• Participated in Research methodology and
  Pediatric Oncology workshop

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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 2005

• Karachi, Pakistan July 2005
• 1st International Conference on Pediatric
  Oncology
• In collaboration with Cancer Society of Pakistan
  and Pakistan Society of Pediatric Oncology
• Pre-conference workshops on Research Methodology
  and Oncology Nursing
• 150 participants from Pakistan
• 60 participants from India, Nepal, Afghanistan,
  Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Germany,
  Switzerland, Canada, UK and USA
• New topics introduced Meet the Experts session,
  Role of NGOs and Cancer Care, Adolescent
  Cancers, Regional Collaborative efforts in Cancer
  Care
• Largely funded by the Office of international
  Affairs, NCI

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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 2005

• Amman, Jordan September 2005
• Participated in International Conference on
  Pediatric Oncology at King Hussain Cancer Center
• Tianjin, China September 2005
• 5th National Congress in Pediatric Oncology
• In collaboration with Chinese Society of
  Pediatric Oncology
• Shared participation with Childrens Oncology
  Group (COG)

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EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS 2005

• Larnaca, Cyprus November 2005
• Workshop on Palliative Care for the Cancer
  Patient
• In collaboration with MECC
• 80 participants from Jordan, Israel, Palestine,
  Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, India,
  Canada, USA
• Palliative Care Steering Committee formed
• MECC and INCTR joint participation
• 1st meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 2006
• Palliative care guidelines

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TRAINING PROGRAM FOR IRAQ

• Training has continued through 2004-2005
• Amman, Jordan April 2004
• King Hussain Cancer Center
• Cairo, Egypt September 2004
• INCTR Annual meeting
• Karachi, Pakistan July 2005
• 1st International Conference on Pediatric
  Oncology
• Chennai, India November 2005
• Focus Hematological malignancies, supportive
  care, transfusion medicine, palliative care
• Preliminary results improvement in supportive
  care

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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Pediatric Oncology Visiting Fellowship
• King Hussain Cancer Center, Jordan and Lombardi
  Cancer Center, USA
• 4 month program at Lombardi
• Rotations in molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics,
  pathology, transfusion medicine, radiation
  oncology, hematology and oncology clinic
• Active participation in all educational
  activities, including presentations at Tumor
  Board
• 3 senior fellows from KHCC at Lombardi this year
• Nepal- in planning phase

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VISITING EXPERTS PROGRAM 2005

• Dr Aziza Shad Pediatric Oncologist, Lombardi
  Cancer Center, USA
• Katmandu, Nepal January 2005
• Kanti Children's Hospital

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COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ONCOLOGY GROUPS

• Working Group to Explore Collaborative Efforts in
  Pediatric Oncology
• LCC, Washington DC August 2005
• COG, INCTR, NCI, CURE, ST JUDES
• Share resources, avoid duplication of work in
  same country, apply for joint funding, joint
  educational activities
• Global Alliance for the Cure of Children's Cancer
• MECC and INCTR
• Joint Palliative Care initiative for the Middle
  East
• Expand to Pediatric Oncology educational
  activities in Middle East and North Africa

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DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

• INCTR Tumor Board
• Introduced at last meeting
• Proceedings published in Newsletter
• Guidelines for Standard of Care
• Palliative care with MECC
• Supportive Care and Transfusion Medicine
• Working groups to be formed soon

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TELEMEDICINE

• Still pursuing opportunities
• Global Alliance for the Cure of Children with
  Cancer
• St Francis University, Altoona, PA, USA
• Education, joint conferences, case presentations
  and consultations

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FUNDING

• Office of International Affairs, NCI
• Collaborating Institutions
• Plan to increase funding through joint grant
  applications

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FUTURE PLANS FOR 2006

• Palliative Care Initiative with MECC
• Pediatric Oncology Workshop with MECC in Turkey,
  North Africa
• Work on Supportive Care and Transfusion Medicine
  Guidelines
• Pursue Telemedicine education
• Build Fellowship Programs with participating
  countries