The Challenges of Beating Cancer
Cancer is the #2 cause of death in the world. It is responsible for 10 million deaths per year. That is one person dying from cancer every three seconds.1
It’s no wonder that cancer touches us all. Each of us has a loved one, a friend, someone close to us, who has been diagnosed with or died from cancer.
Early Detection Saves Lives
Diagnosing cancer when tumors are small is key for most successful treatments and longest survival rates for patients.4,5 The problem with early cancer detection is that small tumors are very hard to see with the current technology. At Ziteo, we strive to solve this problem. With our technology we aim to detect tumors several times smaller than current imaging technology, possibly saving millions of lives around the world every year.
Personalized Treatments Save Lives
The current reality is that cancer diagnosis often occurs only after the disease has already spread.3 Personalized treatments, especially those employing highly targeted internal radiation therapies, may offer the most effective treatment options. However, these therapies necessitate the ability to accurately measure the radiation dose during treatment. At Ziteo, we are committed to addressing this critical need.
Citations
- https://ourworldindata.org/cancer (2017)
- https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/global.htm
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383515001094 (2015)
- https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.14694/EdBook_AM.2015.35.57 (2015)
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.728076/full (2021)