King Hussein Cancer Center

Hospital in Amman, Jordan

King Hussein Cancer Center (مركز الحسين للسرطان)

ِAl-Hussein Cancer Center
Geography
Location| Queen Rania Street, Amman, Jordan
Organisation
Care system| Comprehensive Cancer Care
Type| Specialist
Affiliated university| .

Agreements and partnerships:

* St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
* The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA
* Lombardi Cancer Center of Georgetown University, USA
* Moffitt Cancer Center, USA
* The National Cancer Institute, Egypt
* The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
* The Stefan Morsch Foundation, Germany
* Susan G. Komen for the Cure, USA
* Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, USA
* University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Services
Emergency department| No
Beds| 352
History
Opened| 1997
King Hussein Cancer Center under expansion.

King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCC) (Arabic مؤسسة ومركز الحسين للسرطان),[1]is a national Jordanian independent, non-governmental, non-profit institution. It was established in 2001 by a royal decree issued by King Hussein bin Talal, headed by Princess Ghaida Talal. The Foundation's missions focus on combating cancer through awareness, prevention, and early detection programs, providing comprehensive care for cancer patients from Jordan and the Arab world, in addition to research and innovation.[2]

Princess Ghaida Talal serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation.

## Institutional governance[edit]

As the chair of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, Princess Ghaida presides over the management of the affairs of the foundation with a board of trustees that includes an elite group of volunteers who are experts in the health, economic, and financial fields. The Board of Trustees supervises the work of the “King Hussein Cancer Foundation.” This includes fundraising, development, advocacy, and the comprehensive medical care that the Cancer Center provides for cancer patients, in addition to research and innovation.

## International affiliations[edit]

* The US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research: in collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center[3]
* St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
* Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown University, USA
* Moffitt Cancer Center, USA
* The National Cancer Institute Egypt
* The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
* The Stefan Morsch Foundation, Germany
* Susan G. Komen for the Cure, USA
* Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY, USA

## Activities[edit]

In 2007, KHCF and KHCC were entrusted to lead the first national breast cancer program, Jordan Breast Cancer Program (JBCP), in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders. The main objectives of the program are to reduce morbidity and mortality from breast cancer through awareness campaigns, early detection and access to screening for all women in Jordan in order to shift the current state of diagnosis to the early stages of the disease, when it is most curable with high survival rates.

JBCP’s operations are managed by an executive board led by KHCC and KHCF which provides its direction and ensures the implementation of action plans. Princess Dina Mired, director general of KHCF and Dr. Mahmoud Sarhan, director general of KHCC, together chair the Jordan Breast Cancer Committee and the executive board.

In 2010, the King Hussein Cancer Center and the American University of Beirut Medical Center signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint program in research.[4]

## Fund raising expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro[edit]

The Jordanian expedition team at Mount Kilimanjaro

A team of Jordanians went on an expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro in 2014 in an effort to support the cancer research initiatives of the King Hussein Cancer Center and collected $1.3 million.[5][6]

The team was led by Mostafa Salameh; and others include Iman Mutlaq.

## See also[edit]

* King Hussein Medical Center

## References[edit]

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3. ^ "ShareAmerica - Connect with America". ShareAmerica.
4. ^ "Business Real Estate News - Technology - Travel Guide". www.ameinfo.com.
5. ^ "24 Jordanians to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to support cancer centre". The Jordan Times. August 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
6. ^ "King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center Announces the Launch of a New Initiative to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the Roof of Africa". King Hussein Cancer Foundation. August 18, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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* King Abdullah University Hospital / (KAUH)
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