On Tuesday 13th of June, October 6 University hosted the first meeting of the executive committee of the Egyptian cancer research network that comprised 12 Universities (9 governmental and 2 private) in addition to the Medical Military Academy. During the meeting, the achievements done during the previous period were presented and the tasks of the executive committee were discussed. The criteria of selection of the scientific committee members and their duties were formulated to be approved by the administration council during the meeting that will be held at Alexandria University on the 3rd of July 2017.