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Teaching Oncology to Medical Students is a Must: The Egyptian NCI Step on the Road

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We would like to thank: Professor Hossam Kamel (president of Cairo University), Professor Hussein Khaled (vice president for Postgraduate studies and Research, Cairo University), all our colleagues in the Medical Oncology Department and other Egyptian NCI departments (professors, doctors, nurses and secretaries) and (SSS) members; without whose help and support this course would not have met with such an encouraging degree of success.

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  1. Medical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Fom El-Khalig Sq., Kasr Al-Aini St., 11796, Cairo, Egypt

    Rabab Gaafar & Emad Shash

  2. Pediatric Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Alaa El-Haddad & Salah Abdel Hady

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Gaafar, R., Shash, E., El-Haddad, A. et al. Teaching Oncology to Medical Students is a Must: The Egyptian NCI Step on the Road. J Canc Educ 26, 547–548 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0214-2

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