Doha: Twenty four College of Health Science students at Qatar University s (QU) Human Nutrition Department successfully presented their graduation res.
QU marks World Cancer Day
05 Feb 2021 - 11:26
The Peninsula
Qatar University (QU) marked World Cancer Day, which aims to raise awareness of cancer and encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. This year World Cancer Day is marked under the theme “I can, we can,” which acknowledges that everyone can address the cancer burden. We all can work together to reduce cancer risk factors. We can overcome barriers to early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care. Several faculty members shared their sentiments on this day. Serhiy Souchelnytskyi, Professor of Molecular/Cell Biology at College of Medicine QU, said: “Cancer can be treated. For successful treatment, early detection and selection of drugs are essential. We develop tests for improved diagnostic and identification of drugs that would be most helpful for a given patient.