King Hussein Cancer Center

The King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) (Arabic مركز الحسين للسرطان),[1] is a Cancer hospital in Amman, Jordan. It treats both adult and pediatric patients. KHCC treats over 3500 new cancer patients every year from Jordan and the region.

Princess Ghida serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation.
King Hussein Cancer Center (مركز الحسين للسرطان)
ِAl-Hussein Cancer Center
Geography
LocationQueen Rania Street, Amman, Jordan
Organisation
Care systemComprehensive Cancer Care
TypeSpecialist
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 departmentNo
Beds352
History
Opened1997
King Hussein Cancer Center under expansion.

Accreditations
  • JCI Disease Specific Certification (DSC) - First cancer center outside of the United States, (November 2007).[2]

International affiliations

Activities

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
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

References
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  2. "Medical Tourism Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  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.

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