* Consumer awareness and cultural barriers surrounding screening putting lives at risk
* 15 million years of 'healthy life' were lost worldwide in 2008 due to women dying early or being ill with the disease
Chalfont St. Giles, U.K. --- October 15, 2013. Rising breast cancer incidence and mortality represent a significant and growing threat for the developing world, according to a new global study commissioned by GE Healthcare.
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Tall Order: 11-Foot Jet Engine - World's Largest - Will Power Lufthansa's New Aircraft Fleet
Lufthansa became the first airline to select for its fleet Boeing’s next-generation 777X aircraft powered by GE’s advanced GE9X engines. The engines for the 34 planes are valued at more than $2.5 billion. The GE9X will use high-tech parts and materials like 3D printed fuel nozzles, fourth-generation composite blades, and special ceramic matrix composites.
Meet the Makers: 3D Printing Design Challenge Finalists Have Global Roots
MILWAUKEE - GE Healthcare announced today that its Discovery* PET/CT 690 and PET VCAR 2.0 were used by Professor Patrick Flamen of the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels in capturing the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2013 "Image of the Year."
Professor Flamen's winning scan illustrated the effectiveness of radium-223 dichloride in treating bone metastases in breast cancer patients with bone-dominant disease. It was selected as the winning image from more than 2,000 studies.