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IHH Spearheads Cancer Care Leadership in Asia With Official Launch of Region’s First Private Proton Therapy Centre

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Mercoledì, Maggio 15, 2024
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Centre has already treated more than 100 patients from 16 countries, ranging in ages from 18 months to 85 years.

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  • Centre has already treated more than 100 patients from 16 countries, ranging in ages from 18 months to 85 years.
  • SINGAPORE, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  IHH Healthcare, a world-leading integrated healthcare provider, has reinforced its position as Asia’s leading cancer care provider with the official opening of the Mount Elizabeth Proton Therapy Centre in Singapore.
  • Located in Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, the centre makes IHH the first private healthcare provider in the region and in Singapore to offer proton therapy, providing patients unprecedented access to this advanced and highly specialised cancer treatment.
  • IHH Healthcare Singapore’s investment in proton therapy demonstrates our unwavering resolve to provide our patients with the best care,” said Dr Peter Chow, Chief Executive Officer, IHH Healthcare Singapore.

RSNA and GE HealthCare Bring Advanced Mammography Technology to Tanzania to Improve Access and Help Address Breast Cancer Mortality Rate

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Martedì, Aprile 16, 2024
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MNH at MUHAS is a public hospital serving Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, and did not have a working mammography machine.

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  • MNH at MUHAS is a public hospital serving Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, and did not have a working mammography machine.
  • To help improve radiology education and patient care around the world, RSNA developed the Global Learning Center (GLC) program that works to create learning centers with established radiology departments based in low- or middle-resourced countries, like Tanzania.
  • “GE HealthCare is committed to helping reduce disparities in care and improving access to medical imaging worldwide.
  • “With breast cancer mortality rates in Tanzania among the highest globally, our work with RSNA will help bring much-needed mammography technology to MUHAS.

RSNA and GE HealthCare Bring Advanced Mammography Technology to Tanzania to Improve Access and Help Address Breast Cancer Mortality Rate

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Martedì, Aprile 16, 2024
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The project aims to help lower Tanzania's 50% breast cancer mortality rate through early detection and efforts to expand clinical education.

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  • The project aims to help lower Tanzania's 50% breast cancer mortality rate through early detection and efforts to expand clinical education.
  • [2] Additionally, the lifetime risk for developing breast cancer is approximately one in twenty, and approximately half of all women diagnosed with breast cancer in the country die of the disease.
  • "With breast cancer mortality rates in Tanzania among the highest globally, our work with RSNA will help bring much-needed mammography technology to MUHAS.
  • GE HealthCare and RSNA will join the team at Muhimbili National Hospital to celebrate this collaboration on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the breast center's unveiling.