NCIS Highlights (Feb - Jul 2019

26 FEBRUARY 2019 COLLABORATION WITH CLINICAL RESEARCH MALAYSIA

20 & 22 MARCH 2019 1 ST CLINICAL TRIALS RESEARCH GROUP MASTERCLASS

Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NUH to promote the development of clinical trials in the region. Through this partnership, CRM will work closely with specialists from NUH and NCIS in the training of clinicians with the knowledge and expertise in conducting early phase clinical trials. The initial focus of the collaboration will be in oncology clinical trials led by NCIS.

20 MARCH 2019 NCIS RIBBON CHALLENGE 2019

The 1 st Clinical Trials Research Group Masterclass was organised by our Clinical Trials Research Group. The two-day event invited speakers from various countries including the United States (Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson), Hong Kong (CUHK) and South Korea (Yonsei University). The workshop which was conducted to educate young oncologists on clinical trial protocol development, benefitted 19 participants from seven countries such as Japan, Korea, India, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

30 MARCH 2019 9 TH NATIONAL MYELOMA PATIENT FORUM

14 The second edition of the annual NCIS Ribbon Challenge was joined by approximately 750 members of the public. Participants enjoyed themselves at the educational cancer awareness carnival where they pinned a cancer ribbon each and wrote pledges to go for regular screening. More than 15,000 cancer ribbons were collected at the event! During the carnival, three cancer experts also shared insights on common cancers diagnosed in Singapore.

Jointly organised by NCIS and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the 9 th National Myeloma Patient Forum gathered more than 100 patients, caregivers and members of the public. Audiences heard from four myeloma experts who shared insights on a variety of interesting topics such as knowledge about myeloma and its treatment.