Today’s profile is of Dr. Milena Villarroel (Chile), a Paediatric Hemato-Oncologist with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, and Founding Member and Chair of the Latin American Group for Pediatric Oncology GALOP
Zero Abandonment from Start to Finish
back to homepage About Incomplete treatment for non-medical reasons (so called ‘treatment abandonment’) is the most common cause of treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa. It is largely preventable. Poverty and inability of families to afford out-of-pocket costs associated with treatment are overriding causes. A CANCaRe Africa pilot project in Malawi; ‘towards zero percent abandonment’ showed [...]
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Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa Project
back to homepage About Project Wilms tumour (WT) is one of the common and curable cancer types targeted by the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer. The Wilms Africa Project has been developing, implementing and evaluating adapted treatment guidelines for Wilms tumour in low-income countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to improve care and survival. It started [...]
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Education & Training Committee
Chair: Francois Doz Committee Members: Erin Peckham Gregory, Claudia Sampor, Mahmoud Hammad, Lorena Segovia, Trisha Soosayraj, Maya Prasad, Liz Sniderman, Scott Moerdler Education and training are some of the key reasons for pediatric oncology providers to join SIOP. SIOP members strive to expand their medical and scientific knowledge on paediatric cancer through a number of [...]
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Congress Development Committee
Jeff Dome, Congress Development Committee Chair The Annual SIOP Congress has played a central role in the society’s work. It serves as a venue for global networking, sharing knowledge and learning about the latest developments in pediatric oncology. The Congress is also a critical revenue stream for SIOP. Recognizing the Congress’s pivotal role and the [...]
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Finance Committee
Alan Davidson, Finance Committee Chair In 2020, the Board of Directors, following a Strategic Planning process, decided to establish a Finance Committee. The Committee was tasked by the Board with the following responsibilities: Develop, for approval by the Board, a reserves policy and keep this under regular review. Develop, for approval by the Board, an [...]
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Membership Committee
Andrea Cappellano Chair Rashmi Dalvi Vice-Chair SIOP was created to support its members and reinforce the collaboration and networking amongst members. In its core, SIOP is a members’ organization: it exists to serve its members. Membership is a key source of revenue and (volunteer) leadership for the Society. Member contributions, engagement and leadership are essential [...]
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Claire Wakefield
Professor Claire Wakefield is a medical psychologist who leads research to improve quality of life for families affected by cancer. She is a Professor at the School of Clinical Medicine at UNSW and Director of the Behavioural Sciences Unit at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Australia. Professor Wakefield is on the Board of Directors for SIOP and is […]
2021 Annual Report
The year 2021 has seen significant growth and consolidation of work led by many members on behalf of our Society. The achievements and new initiatives described in 2021 Annual Report are a credit to the commitment of our profession towards helping each other to sustain and accelerate progress for children and young people with cancer [...]
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