Oggetto: PARTNER SEARCH HEALTH-EU-SMCP-7

Richiesta di un azienda portoghese alla ricerca di partner italiani da includere in un loro progetto nella tematica "Health" nel topic:
HEALTH-2007-2.4.1-14: Studying cancer aetiology in Latin America.

Di seguito, una breve descrizione del progetto e le caratteristiche del partner richiesto.
Contattare eventualmente Valentina Tegas (Apre) - tegas@apre.it facendo riferimento al codice

PARTNER SEARCH HEALTH-EU-SMCP-7

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<Reference n.: HEALTH-EU-SMCP-7>
<Deadline: 18/09/2007>
<Programme: COOPERATION- HEALTH>
<Project Title: CerviStudy- Study for Cervical Cancer Origins in Latin America>
<Financial Scheme: >
<Description: Priorities' Main Research Areas        
We have been involved in several EC and National projects, four of them in the area of medical applications: Lifelinger - development of new ICT-based diagnosis procedure and toolset for early detection of cervix cancer; Heartronic - development of an innovative system of prevention and early warning of heart conditions based on a wearable
monitoring device with mobile communications, capable to recognize cardiovascular anomalies and to alert doctors and Hospitals in real time; Troy - development of an ultrasound endoscope capsule (where we are coordinator); and Netcare - Wireless telemetry for continuous health care.

Project description: Our goal is to test and validate a new cervix cancer early diagnosis procedure, based on the integration of advanced statistical analysis with IT networking capabilities and making intelligent use of quantitative non destructive characterisation (QNDC) data for on-line help on early detection of cervical carcinoma.

Keywords: cervix; cervical cancer; latin america; screening; imaging; cytology; Papanicolaou

RESEARCH TOPIC:
o HEALTH-2007-2.4.1-14: Studying cancer aetiology in Latin America.

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<Organisation Type: Impresa>
<Partner Sought: Profile of SME sought
Role: research
Country /region: EU and Latin America
Start of partnership: start-up phase

Expertise required: European Medical Universities  - specialised in gynecology with
transfer protocols with Latin America medical institutions Medical Institutions (clinics, hospitals ...) with experience in studies about cervix cancer