oncology

• Projects about childhood cancer

  Several institution in Pakistan manage children with cancer and leukaemia. In order to participate in international studies and increase awarenes both in the scientific community and in the Pakistani population, it is very important that the pediatric onco-hematology professionals establish a formal association fostering a collaboration among different centers. The potential patient load is extremily high as it is the potential experience and knowledge that this group could develop and contribute to the international community.

• Support to the Pakistan pediatric oncology groupSeveral institution in Pakistan manage children with cancer and leukaemia. In order to comply to participate to international studies and offer the best possible care, it is very important that the pediatric oncohematology professionals establish a formal association fostering a collaboration among different centers. The potential patient load is extremily high as it is the potential experience and knowledge that this group could develop and contribute to the international community.
  C2C would like to support the establishment of a formal organization, a website, data management. In the contest of a collaborative network C2C would like to provide any expertise or equipment that will foster the availability of priority diagnostic standards such as t (9;22) and t (4;11) traslocations detection or flow cytometry for minimal disease evaluation.
• A pediatric tumor tissue bank in Pakistan This project would like to provide technical support and equipment for the establishment of a tissue bank of pediatric leukaemia and solid tumor samples. This is very important to both patients than may require diagnostic confirmation and any research project involving childhood cancer in Pakistan and internationally.