GE Healthcare to offer digital mammography reading workshops at Mediconex Conference in Cairo

GE Healthcare, the $17bn healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), is highlighting the importance of early screening in the diagnosis of breast cancer by offering digital mammography reading workshops for the first time in Egypt.

To be held at the Mediconex Updates on Breast Cancer and Women's Imaging Symposium to be held at the Cairo International Conference Centre on April 7 and 8, 2008.

This training initiative is in line with the global vision of GE Healthcare, which revolves around its 'Early Health' model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention. According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the world.

source: AME Info