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News & EventsAurora Breast MRI Society Partners with China Medical Women’s Association to Improve Breast Cancer Care in China and the U.S. NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. and BEIJING (Sept. 17, 2007) – With a shared goal of improving breast cancer care in China and the U.S., the Aurora Breast MRI Society (ABMS) today announced its groundbreaking collaboration with the China Medical Women’s Association (CMWA). A professional exchange program is the first curriculum currently being developed for this collaboration, whereby research specialists from China will be sponsored to spend two-to-three weeks in leading comprehensive breast centers in the U.S. to learn about breast imaging modalities and their use in the detection, diagnosis and treatment monitoring of breast cancer. Boston-based Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. has committed as the first corporate underwriter of the program. “There is an urgent need for more advanced breast imaging technologies among women in Asia, as breast cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in women,” said Olivia Ho Cheng, president and chief executive officer of Aurora. “The objective of the Aurora Breast MRI Society in forging this relationship with the China Medical Women’s Association is to educate Asian physicians who have the greatest interest in furthering this cause by introducing them to the most advanced state-of-art technologies available, then return them to their own professional communities to educate other leading health care providers. Because we know this alliance with the China Medical Women’s Association will help save lives, we are proud to support this collaboration.” “Breast cancer is emerging as the leading cancer for women in China,” said Dr. Zi-yang Li, executive vice president of CMWA. “The challenge in China, with our high percentage of women with dense tissue, is to develop an effective way to earlier detect and better diagnose breast disease. We definitely need new technology, like the Aurora Dedicated Breast MRI System, to help us fight breast cancer in China. Teaming up with the Aurora Breast MRI Society will add great value to the Association and bring it to the next level. The ultimate aim of these improvements is to significantly improve the breast health of women in China.” About the Aurora Breast MRI Society About the China Medical Women’s AssociationFounded on July 6, 1995, the China Medical Women’s Association (CMWA) (http://www.cmwa.org.cn/index.jsp) is a nation-wide association of women physicians under the auspice of the Ministry of Health, which aims to unite women physicians to devote themselves to the program of modernization, enhance academic research on medicine, and strengthen mutual understanding, exchanges and cooperation among women physicians in China and internationally. Currently, CMWA has 19 branches in the provinces and major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong with 150 institutional members and more than 20,000 individual women physician members.
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