Saudi doctor on top of global cancer research benchmark

The International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization has chosen Dr. Samar Bint Jaber Al-Hamoud, Colorectal Cancer Surgery Consultant at the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh , to chair the cancer research group. Samar Al-Hamoud is the first president to be appointed for the Middle East.

Dr. Samar Al-Humoud joined the Committee three years ago as the first Saudi physician member of this committee, which meets every two months at the Agency's headquarters in Lyon, France, to discuss and to adopt the research that has been submitted to it by the world centers. the states of the world.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the official WHO reference worldwide for cancer research, refers to basic scientific research on cancer, whether it be laboratory, clinical or epidemiological, World Health Organization (WHO) on the causes and spread of cancer and global and regional plans to combat and prevent it.

Dr. Al-Hamoud said, "I am proud and proud of this appointment to the position of chairman of this World Medical Committee reference to one of the most serious and important diseases of the constellation of the world. international experts, reflecting what has reached Saudi skills and influence in the global scientific community and personally, Saudi Arabia, and strengthening the role of Saudi women in taking the most prestigious positions

Dr. Al-Hamoud has been selected for her outstanding work and experience in the field. She has previously participated in the work of the Committee for the study of evidence and evidence-based findings relating to the detection and prevention of colorectal cancer of the Agency, the most important of which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine And a book containing the results of this study will be published soon.

Samar Al-Hamoud, one of the first Saudi surgeons in the field of colorectal surgery, has extensive experience in the field of colorectal cancer and has co-authored several WHO publications and regional recommendations. on the prevention and control of cancer. An active member of the Gulf Cancer Center Advisory Board, she is an active participant in the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer and plays a leading role in health promotion and awareness. It has also organized a number of scientific forums and conferences in cooperation with a number of health organizations and international medical centers in Britain, France and North America, and has entered into bilateral partnerships for the first time in this area at regional level.