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GE Healthcare, a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company, is working with physicians around the world to help clinicians realize the possibilities of connected oncology care.

Every year on February 4th World Cancer Day, attention is focused on addressing the many challenges of cancer and cancer care.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 84 million people worldwide will die from cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. Yet, many of these deaths can be avoided. Over 30% of all cancers can be prevented. Others can be detected early, treated and potentially cured. Even with late stage cancer, the suffering of patients can be relieved with good palliative care.

Enabling cutting-edge research, strengthening cancer diagnosis, facilitating cancer treatment, and simplifying information sharing among the members of cancer care teams is at the core of GE Healthcare’s approach to oncology. Oncology care is about making connections, between the disease and treatment, between the patients and the multi-disciplinary clinical team. With a broad portfolio of offerings and solutions for oncology, GE Healthcare spans the continuum of oncology care. That full spectrum viewpoint brings key advantages, particularly in something as complex as cancer and cancer care.

“Cancer affects everyone – the young and old, men, women and children – and represents a tremendous burden on patients, families and societies. Moreover, cancer is not a single disease, but a vast range of diseases,” said Robert Dann, Global Oncology Marketing Executive at GE Healthcare. “Every day dedicated oncology teams around the world are searching for connected solutions that will help them manage the many variable and provide quality care for their patients.”

The emphasis on cancer diagnostic and care products follows reports on the increasing incidence of cancer and other lifestyle diseases around the world. “This growth in disease puts tremendous pressure on governments and leads to mounting healthcare bills, expected to grow fivefold by 2025,” added Dann. “ GE Healthcare ’s products and solutions facilitating early diagnosis and increased access build on our healthymagination initiative to reduce cost of healthcare delivery and improve quality throughout the world.”

Source: GE Healthcare

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