INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR
ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF
ONCOLOGY CENTERS
( ICEDOC)
ICEDOC Statement
To the human community, To all health authorities and governmental and non-governmental
cancer organizations in the world, To eminent personalities, politicians,
industrialists and to all who are concerned in cancer problems, To all cancer
management manufacturers,
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As you know, in spite of all the existing efforts,
reasonable cancer therapy is available for
only 10-15% of the cancer patients in the world . This lack is evident in the
fields of medical, radiation oncology and good palliative and supportive care.
This tragic situation should not continue!. For this purpose The ICEDOC is
established. It is an independent committee which is not in competition but it
encourage full cooperation and coordination with all the existing
organizations, societies and authorities. It is not founded to duplicate the
existing organizations but to complement them. One of the innovative approaches
of ICEDOC is in grouping views and efforts of volunteers oncologists, experts,
cancer treatment manufacturers, authorities, administrators and some eminent
personalities towards increasing facilities in the existing cancer centers and
establishment of more cancer management units all over the world.
So, as it appears from its name, the main objective of the
ICEDOC is to increase and to
improve cancer management facilities in the world.
The first preliminary
manuscript of this statement was formulated by Prof. Dr. Ahmed
Elzawawy (
In Vienna , 25 September, 1996, the board of ICEDOC and
the attendants of the
founding meeting declared the ICEDOC to the world as a house of volunteer
experts and
consultants for the service for all health authorities in the world and for all
who are
concerned in cancer problems, increasing cancer management facilities in the
world,
cancer prevention and cancer education.
The main principles of the ICEDOC are:
Not competitors but allies with all.
With all, towards increasing cancer management facilities.
Classic and innovative approaches.
In the ICEDOC, we believe that cooperation and coordination between
different organizations strengthen the action of each organization and the
overall actions. So, in the ICEDOC, we adopt the working in linked circles,
both inside the internal circles (or subgroups of the ICEDOC) and also for the
cooperation with governmental and non-governmental activities. We encourage
distinguished members from other organizations to be liaison members in the
ICEDOC. The actual situation is so tragic and thus, we should cooperate.
The actions of the ICEDOC will go through different ICEDOC groups:
1.Therapy and drug development group in the second and third world countries It
is
applied to all kinds of therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, supportive
care,
etc... Anticancer protocols and combinations could be tailored and modified
according
to each specific and regional conditions. Also, therapeutic trials could be
conducted in
selected regions of the second and third world countries, under follow up of
volunteers
consultants from the ICEDOC and the manufacturers. This hopefully will lead to
1)
improvement of cancer treatment reporting of results in these selected areas.
2) To
assure the respect of the ethical aspects in conducting these therapeutic
trials. Both
items 1) and 2) hopefully might improve cancer treatment practice and will be
for the
benefits of patients with low economic resources. 3) Also, for companies, time
could
be saved in conducting therapeutic trials and moreover, there might be a
probable
increase in the scope of information and uses of certain drugs and
combinations.
Notice that in the ICEDOC, we are practical and romantic in the same time, we
cannot involve much, the manufacturers for the sake of our Nobel goals without
probable or even sure gain for the companies, we try in every step to combine
both
the reality and the hopes .
2.Task force for establishment and development of oncology centers, it is the
house of
volunteer experts and consultants to give advice about how to establish
comprehensive oncology units in areas were these facilities are lacking and how
to
improve centers in case they are already existing. Again the advice should be
tailored
according to the past, present and prospect of each area.
3.Technology Development & Transfer (The ICEDOC TDT), it will be
concerned with
the development of technology and research and their transfer in a way that
could be
applicable and tailored for each area. These different abilities of
modifications and
tailoring might be also of scientific and economic values for the users, the
manufacturers, and the humanity. The ways of transfer should also take into
consideration the recent evolving ways of communications and computers.
4.The ICEDOC international relationship and liaison affairs group, also
this group will
work closely and in conjunction with other groups of the ICEDOC to increase the
every day relationship and cooperation with all who would like to cooperate or
to
coordinate with the ICEDOC. We adopt the concept of open doors for all.
5.The ICEDOC scholars, (Under construction).
In addition to the educational coordinators and fund raising coordinators.
The ICEDOC will hold annual meetings and side meetings in some selected
international
conferences. Honorary and active membership could be presented to all who
support or
help in any way to achieve the noble goals of the ICEDOC for the sake of cancer
patients.
The ICEDOC welcome all cooperation, suggestions and comments. Finally, we are
all,
aware of the screaming of millions of cancer patients and the members of their
families
and their surroundings. "Please, don't forget us". "We swear
that we will not forget
them"
(The board of the ICEDOC, see attached list)
Correspondence to Executive Chairman and First Founder: Prof. Ahmed Elzawawy, Borg Alsafwa Centre, 3 Algeish Str., 42111
Tel:+ 20 (66) 33 32 758 & +20 (66) 32 35 943. Cellular Phone +20 (10)
514 00 65
Fax : (USA) +1 (928) 2442696 & Egypt +20 (66) 33 25 706
E-mail: ICEDOC@nilesat.net & ahmedelzawawy@hotmail.com