ADVISORY/Media Day At The Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Health System.

Health/Medical Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Feb. 25)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    What: The new Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Health
    System will open its doors to the media for a first look at the
    state-of-the-art facility. On March 3, 2003, Governor Sonny Perdue
    will dedicate the center, which is the first to open as part of
    the Georgia Cancer Coalition's plan to build a statewide network
    of people and organizations devoted to providing all Georgians
    equal access to exceptional treatment. The cancer center was built
    using $28.4 million in tobacco settlement funds, paired with a
    private gift of $3.3 million from the Avon Foundation to build the
    comprehensive breast center.

    Many firsts are associated with the Georgia Cancer Center for
    Excellence at Grady, including the world's first and newest
    application of the Discovery ST, a combined PET/CT scanner
    developed by GE Medical Systems that is part of the company's See
    and Treat product portfolio. The GE Discovery ST provides more
    accurate and detailed information to physicians about certain
    cancers, which helps them to target treatment at the tumor site
    and reduce the potential for damage to nearby, healthy tissue. In
    addition, the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence has the latest
    digital mammography system, the GE Senographe 2000D, improving
    breast cancer detection, and the GE LightSpeed Ultra, a
    revolutionary eight-slice CT system that provides scans up to
    three times faster using up to 30 percent less radiation per dose
    than four-slice scanners.

    When: Tuesday, February 25, 2003
          TV/Video media: 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
          Print media: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 a.m.

    You must call 404-616-6855 so that we can arrange a special escort
    to the cancer center.

    Where: Grady Memorial Hospital
           80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
           Atlanta, Georgia 30303

    Who:

    --  Dr. Otis Brawley, Medical Director

    --  Beth Klein, GE Medical Systems Vice President & Healthcare
        Industry Executive

    --  Phil Lamson, Executive Director

    --  Administrators, physicians, staff and volunteers of the
        Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Health System,
        including our patient navigators.

    Interviews, video, and photographs taken on February 25, 2003 are
    embargoed for use until midnight, March 3, 2003.