Need for the conference:

Cancer is an increasing problem in the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Region and ranks as the fourth leading cause of death. It is a major public health problem that affects every country in the MENA region regardless of economic and social situation. Although the incidence of cancer in the Region is still well below that in western countries, it is expected to experience the highest increase among all WHO Regions in the next 20 years.

The MENA Oncology Conference will include, among other things, new information, consolidated knowledge, and conversations on controversial issues regarding Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer Research and more. MENA Oncology Conference will be a great opportunity for governmental and non-governmental cancer control officials, physicians, researchers and health professionals, and also for patients, advocates, volunteers and others interested in cancer control, from all over the world, to get together and exchange views on how to deal with cancer.

Topics of discussion at this forum will include:
•Regional Perspective on Cancer
•The Challenges facing National Cancer control plans
•Early detection and Screening of Breast cancer
•Controversies in Breast cancer: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy
•Prevention and Risk of Breast Cancer
•Emerging Concepts in Head and Neck Cancer diagnostics and Therapy
•Clinical Research in Cancer
•Recent Advances in the treatment of Lung Cancer

Expected attendees include:
Breast Oncologists, Surgical Oncologist, Radiologists, Pathologists, General Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Nurses; together with Governmental and non-governmental cancer control officials, researchers, and other health care professionals interested in the treatment of Breast cancer are also invited to attend.