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CRP STEERING COMMITTEE
The CRP Steering Committee monitors the progress of cancer registry activity in each member jurisdiction. Specifically, the committee:
- Reviews data collection and analysis procedures
- Identifies and resolves data standardisation issues
- Oversees the registry training programme
Each of the five registries presents an annual progress report to the CRP Steering Committee. The committee meets twice yearly.
The committee includes several representatives from each participating jurisdiction and the United States:
- Samir Al-Kayed, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan
- Micha Barchana, Israel Cancer Registry, Jerusalem, Israel
- M.Bassam Qasem, Jordan Cancer Registry (Advisor)
- Brenda Edwards, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Khamis El-Najjar, Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestinian Authority
- Sultan Eser, Izmir (Turkey) Cancer Registry
- Laurence S. Freedman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (Chairman) E-mail: freedml@macs.biu.ac.il
- Joe Harford, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Amal Ibrahim, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt
- Charatini Komodiki, Ministry of Health, Cyprus
- Elaine Ron, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Abed El-Razzad Salhab, Beit Jala Hospital, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian Authority
- Michael Silbermann, Middle East Cancer Consortium, Haifa, Israel
- John L. Young, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA