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Principal Investigator(s) & Country of Origin	Title of Proposal	Institute(s)
A. Savva (Cyprus) K. Arlitsch (USA)	Creation of an internet-based information infrastructure for cancer research in Cyprus	Nicosia General Hospital Cyprus
J. Cohen (Israel)	Application of MRI  for the localization of photodynamic therapy	Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel
V. Neocleous (Cyprus)	Oncogene gene expression in UVR skin fibroblasts and Keratinocytes	Centre for Biomedical Sciences Nicosia, Cyprus
C. Deltas (Cyprus)	Development of methodology for early and efficient presymptomatic detection of molecular tumor markers	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics Nicosia, Cyprus
S. Mordechai (Israel)	Diagnosis of tissue abnormalities using optical fiber based methods	Ben Gurion University Beer-Sheva
J. Mahajna (Israel) M. Ali-Shtayeh (Palestinian Authority)	Medicinal plants as a source of therapeutics for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer	R&D Regional Center The Galilee Society, Israel Al-Najah National University Nablus, West Bank
E.  Friedman (Israel) K. Kyriacou (Cyprus) Z. Abdeen (Palestinian Authority) A. Adamou (Cyprus)	Characterization of the mutational spectrum in BCRA genes in individuals of high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer in the Mediterranean region	Tel Hashomer Hospital Nicosia Institute of Neurology & Genetics Al-Quds University  Nicosia General Hospital
Z. Kraim (Israel)	Metalloproteinase gene expression and activity in neoplastic and non-neoplastic human thyroid cells	Carmel Medical Center Haifa
Y. Assaraf (Israel)	An SSCP-based clinical assay for the identification of mutations in the reduced folate carrier gene	Department of Biology Technion, Haifa
I. Roisman (Israel) R. Coleman (Israel) J. Zidan (Israel)	Investigation of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in Israel	Faculty of Medicine Technion, Haifa Safed Hospital
S. Merchav (Israel)	Naturally-occurring STAT isoforms in normal and leukemic myeloid progenitors	Faculty of Medicine Technion, Haifa
C. Benayahu (Israel)	Bone and tumors, from cell biology to diagnosis	Faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University
Y. Assaraf (Israel)	Molecular cloning of a folate exporter gene associated with a novel resistance to antifolate anticancer drugs	Faculty of Biology Technion, Haifa
E. Kahan (Israel) K. El-Najjar (Palestinian Authority)	Primary care physicians’ knowledge and attitudes related to the prevention and control of cancer collaboration between Israel and Palestine	Rabin Medical Center Petah Tikvah MoH, Gaza
I. Vlodarsky (Israel) S. Ayesh (Palestinian Authority)	Heparanase gene expression and involvement in tumor metastasis and angiogenesis	Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, Jerusalem
S. Slavin (Israel) H. Alian (Palestinian Authority)	Innovative and cost-effective immunologic interventions for the treatment of blood cancer in children	Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem Bet Jalla Hospital West Bank, Palestinian National Authority
Jacob Bar-tana (Israel) Rachel Hertz (Israel) Nabeel Hahas (Palestinian Authority)	Suppression of tumor development by (ω-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids Israel	Department of Human Nutrition, Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem Al-Quds University Abu-Dies
Ephrat Levy-Lahad (Israel) Samir Al-Kayed (Jordan) Elias Awad (Palestinian Authority)	Genetics of Breast Cancer in Arab Middle Eastern Populatinos	Medical Genetics Unit, Shaare Zedek Hospital Jerusalem Department of Radiotherapy, Al-Bashir Hospital Amman, Jordan Department of Oncology, Beit Jala Hospital Bethlehem
Rachel Bar-Shavit (Israel) Beatrice Uziely (Israel) Mahjer Sughayer (Palestinian Authority)	The Role of Protease Activated Receptor (PAR) Family in Tumor Invasion and Metastasis Israel	Department of Oncology, Hadassah Hospital Jerusalem Department of Pathology, Makkassed Hospital Mount of Olives
Vasilios Tanos (Cyprus) Froso Iacovou (Cyprus) Demetrakis Christodoulides (Cyprus) Constantinos Pattichis (Cyprus)	Gynecological Cancer Diagnostic Telepathology and Teleconsultation Network	Ban of Nicosia Oncology Center Department of Histopathology, Nicosia General Hospital Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Paphos General Hospital Department of Computer Sciences, University of Cyprus Nicosia
Amr Soliman (Egypt) Tareq Al-Jaberi (Jordan) Khamis El-Najjar (Palestinian Authority)	A population-based study of colorectal cancer in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine: Exploring the Early-Onset Disease	Faculty of Medicine Menofeia Department of Surgery, Jordan University Amman, Jordan Department of Hematology-Oncology, Shifa Hospital, Gaza
Daniel Wreschner (Israel) Pavlos Neophytou (Cyprus)	Changes in Gene Expression Elicited by Activation of the Breast Cancer Associated MUC1/Y Receptor Protein	Department of Cell Research & Immunology Tel Aviv University Mendel Center for Biomedical Sciences Nicosia, Cyprus
Jamal Mahajna (Israel) Hussam Massalha (Palestinian Authority)	Natural Products as Sensitizers of Chemoresistant Tumour Cells	Galilee R&D Society Eilaboun, Israel Department of Life Sciences, Al-Quds University Abu Dies
Nathan Cherny (Israel) Bassam Al-Hijawi (Jordan) Mahmoud Iliam (Palestinian Authority) Michael Boyiadzis (Cyprus)	Middle East Collaborative Cancer Pain Survey	Department of Medical Oncology, Shaare Zedek Hospital Jerusalem Cancer Registry Ministry of Health Amman Department of Oncology, Beit Jala Hospital Bethlehem Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health Nicosia, Cyprus
Morris Srebnik (Israel) Reuven Reich (Israel)	The Design and Evaluation of C1 Bridged Phosphono-boronates as Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Inhibitors Israel	Department of Natural Products, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Joav Horn (Israel) Abdel Razzaq Salhab (Palestinian Authority) Bassam Al-Hijawi (Jordan)	Breast Cancer Risk Factors among Different Ethnic Groups	Department of Oncology, Assaf Harofe Hospital Zerifin Department of Oncology, Beit Jala Hospital Bethlehem Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health Amman, Jordan
Esther Granot (Israel) Arnon Nagler (Israel)	The effect of an ω-3 fatty acid enriched diet on chronic graft-versus-host disease of the liver Israel	Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hospital Jerusalem Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah Hospital Jerusalem
Tamar Peretz (Israel) Aviram Nissan (Israel) Ram Spira (Israel) Mahmoud Badriyah (Israel)	Screening for BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 mutations in Palestinian women with breast cancer	Department of Oncology, Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, Jerusalem Department of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
Reuven Reich (Israel)	Breast Cancer and Transcription Factor AP-2	Department of Pharmacology, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Nadir Arber (Israel) Hisham Darwish (Palestinian Authority)	Why is colorectal cancer rare among Palestinians and common among Israelis? A molecular and epidemiological approach.	Department of Gastroenterology, Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, El-Quds University Abu Dies
Gadi Spira (Israel) Nimer Assay (Israel)	Angiogenic factors may prevent post-operative liver failure following hepatic resection in experimental cirrhosis	Technion Medical School, Haifa, Israel Upper Galilee Medical Services
Samy El-Badawy (Egypt)	Cancer research infrastructure development workshop	National Cancer Institute Cairo, Egypt
Daniel H. Wreschner (Israel) Pavlos Neophytou (Cyprus)	Serum Levels of the Tumor Marker Muci Isoforms for Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Cypriot Families and in Non-Familial Patients	Faculty of Medicine Technion, Haifa Mendel Center for Biomedical Services Lefkosia, Cyprus
Eitan Friedman (Israel) Kyproula Christodoulou (Cyprus) Adamos Adamou (Cyprus) Ziad Abdeen (Palestinian Authority)	Identifying novel genomic regions and genes associated with inherited predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer Israel	Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Genetics Chaim Sheba Medical Center Department of Electron Microscopy and Molecular Pathology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics Nicosia, Cyprus Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre Nicosia, Cyprus Al Quds University Jerusalem
Amr Soliman (Egypt) Kamal Bani Hani (Jordan) Khalil Hamdan and A.R. Salhab (Palestinian Authority) Farhat Ben Ayed (Tunisia) Melissa Bondy (USA)	Exploring Oxidative Damage in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients from Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, and Tunisia	National Cancer Institute Cairo, Egypt Irbid Gaza & West Bank Salah Ben Aziz Cancer Center, Tunisia M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
Pavlos I. Neophylou (Cyprus) Samir Al-Kayed (Jordan)	Establishment of DNA and serum banks for Jordanian familial cancer patients and relatives	Mendel Center for Biomedical Sciences Nicosia, Cyprus Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Al Bashir Hospital Amman, Jordan
Amr Soliman (Egypt) Nidal Al-Masri (Jordan)	A pilot study to investigate the epidemiology of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Egypt and Jordan	National Cancer Institute, Cairo University Jordan University for Science and Technology
Amy Avgar (Israel) Carol El-Jabari (Palestinian Authority)	The impact of an empowerment model on Palestinian and Israeli Women coping with Breast Cancer: A Proposal for Action Research	JDC-Brookdale Institute Jerusalem, Israel Patient’s Friends Society Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority
Eldad J. Dann (Israel) Alyan Husein (Palestinian Authority)	Acute myeloid leukemia in-patients from different ethnic origin: Incidence, age, genetic factors, and environmental factors	Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Medical Center Haifa, Israel Beit Jala Hospital Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority
Eitan Friedman (Israel) Kyriacos Kakoullis (Cyprus) Mohammad A. Sultan (Jordan)	Characterisation of the mutational spectrum in BRCA genes in individuals at high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer from Cyprus and Jordan	Oncogenetics Unit, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer, Israel Mendel Center for Biomedical Sciences Nicosia, Cyprus Sultan Medical Labs Amman, Jordan
Emma Guttman-Yassky (Israel) Shai Linn (Israel) Ronit Sarid (Israel) Reuven Bergman (Israel) Bassam Qasem (Jordan)	Investigation of Human Herpesvirus-89 (HHV-8) Transmission routes among Kaposi’s sarcoma patients and their families	Department of Dermatology, Rambam Medical Center Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Haifa, Israel Department of Epidemiology, Rambam Medical Center Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel Jordan Cancer Registry MoH, Amman, Jordan
Taleb H. Al-Tel (Palestinian Authority) Musa H. Abu Zarga (Jordan) Jamal Mahajna (Israel)	The synthesis of novel, potent, and selective modulators of tyrosine kinases for cancer therapeutics	Studies and Projects Unit, An-Najah National University Nablus, Palestinian Authority Chemistry Department, Jordan University Amman, Jordan R&D Regional Center, The Galilee Society, Israel