KFSHRC TO PRESENT 17 CANCER...
Added On : 19th February 2009
KFSHRC TO PRESENT 17 CANCER RESEARCH
PAPERS RIYADH Seventeen cancer research papers prepared by a medical team at King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) here have been accepted for presentation and discussion at the annual meeting of the US Organization for Cancer
Research to be held in Denver, Colorado from April 18-22, 2009, Al-Madina Arabic daily reported on Wednesday.
Dr. Qassem Al-Qassabi, the hospitals executive supervisor general, pointed out that the acceptance of such a large number of medical
research papers reflects the high level of scientific output as well as the highly qualified scientists of the hospital and the research center.
The research has been the product of a scientific team headed by Dr. Khawla Al-Kurayie, the
hospitals senior cancer research scientist, who said that this is the first time that the US Organization for Cancer Research has accepted such a large
number of research papers from outside the United States.
Dr. Al-Kurayie said that the research
to be presented at the conference covers many of the most common cancers in the Kingdom such as cancers of the thyroid and lymph glands and colon cancer in
addition to ovarian cancer, noting that the hospitals research includes the discovery of a number of genes that cause those cancers in Saudi patients and
the use of modern techniques and complex compounds which have proven successful in fighting such cancers in the laboratory.
Saudi Gazette
