Cancer Research in Egypt: A Focus on Tanta University

Prepared byShymaa Sobhy, Faculty of Science

Mona Zidan, Faculty of ScienceMohamed Basiony, Faculty of Medicine

Supervised byProf . Dr. Mohamed Labib Salem, PhD

Prof. of ImmunologyZoology Department, Faculty of Science

Tanta University, Egypt

October, 2012

MATERIAS AND METHODS

Used PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect to cover the period to November 2012.

The keywords used included: cancer research, Egypt, and all names of the public universities including Tanta university.

Abstracts focused on Tanta University were analyzed for the names of the colleges involved, the number of authors, departments, and the cancer type.

Any abstracts published by any institute in Tanta rather than Tanta university was excluded.

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Number of Authors per Department at Faculty of Science, Pharmacy, and Dentistry in Cancer Research

Clinical Trials

• 37796 studies found for: Worldwide• 126 studies found for: Egypt• 127 studies found for: Cairo Univ • 72 studies found for: Mansoura Univ• 55 studies found for: Ain shams Univ• 27 studies found for: Alexandria Univ• 2 studies found for: Assiut Univ• 1 study found for: Tanta Univ

Conclusion

• Tanta University is ranked number 4 in the Egyptian universities in cancer research.

• Tanta University comes after Cairo, Alexanderia, Mansoura, and Ain Shams Universities.

• Faculty of Medicine is at the top of Colleges at Tanta University that are engaged in cancer research followed by Faculty of Science.

• Colon, Leukemia and bladder cancers are the most common cancers that have been investigated at Tanta University.

• Clinical pathology, Otolaryngology, and Clinical Oncology at Faculty of Medicine and Zoology Department at Faculty of Science are the top departments engaged in cancer research.

Dr. Mohamed Labib Salem, PhDProf. of Immunology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, EgyptMarch 2013