Olympus operates the website "Onaka-Kenko.com" under the supervision of medical experts to provide as many people as possible information on various diseases of the digestive tract, cancer screening, endoscopic examinations and treatment. It supports the maintenance of people’s health by continuing to provide proper information.
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Promoting Cancer Awareness Activities to Improve the Rate of Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Olympus supports the improvement of the rate of gastric cancer screening and colorectal cancer screening to reduce the number of people who lose their lives from cancer by early detection and treatment of cancer. Our goal is to have many citizens have the right knowledge of cancer, get many people to check for cancer on a regular basis for early detection and treatment of cancer, and have people with suspected cancer have a detailed cancer examination.
Encouraging Cancer Screening in Cooperation with Local Governments
In Japan, public health care administrations conduct public cancer screening for citizens. Olympus supports the activities of local governments that aim to achieve a cancer screening rate of more than 60%. By entering into agreements to address cancer with these local governments and providing materials for use in encouraging people to undergo cancer screening and detailed checkups, this is contributing to improving rates of stomach and colorectal cancer screening and detailed checkups.
- Providing leaflets encouraging residents to undergo stomach and colorectal cancer screening and detailed checkups, to be included when the cancer countermeasure departments of local governments send out cancer screening information.
- Providing stomach and colorectal cancer screening awareness posters to be displayed in public facilities and medical institutions.
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Operating Website "Onaka-Kenko.com"
Cancer Education Activities "Endoscope Class" for Students
Olympus provide "Endoscope Class" at junior and senior high schools in Tokyo, where lectures of the importance of early detection and treatment of cancer, endoscopes, and experience of endoscopy were conducted.
And at Olympus manufacturing sites in Japan, we also hold endoscopy classes for local elementary and junior high school students and participate in local events to help students learn about endoscope that contributes to maintaining our health through the early detection and treatment of cancer.
