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Muscat: The Radiotherapy team at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center has successfully completed the first of Low Dose Rate (LDR) brachytherapy seed implant. ....
Oman wins bid to host The World Cancer Congress in 2020 May 11, 2017 The Oman Cancer Association announces that Muscat has been selected to host the World Cancer Congress (WCC) in 2020. The World Cancer Congress is a major international cancer control forum which convenes up to 4,000 renowned cancer and health professionals to network and share the latest successful interventions in cancer implementation science including prevention, diagnosis and care, as well as supportive and palliative care. Held every two years, the Congress is hosted by a local member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and for the first time since the event’s inception in 1933, it will take place in the Arabian Gulf. ....
@kabeeryousef The majority of breast cancer patients in Oman are women below 50 years of age compared to 63 years in Western countries. According to a study, most of them get the disease due to unhealthy lifestyles, if not genetic. Despite efforts to improve the early detection of breast cancer, nearly one-third of women have either regional or distant. ....