Leveraging AI to diagnose cancer up to 10x faster

To help accelerate breast cancer screening at 120 hospitals in Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Healthcare deployed a hyperconverged infrastructure solution powered by 14 Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5520 nodes—enabling rapid, AI-powered processing of radiological images.

Customer Problem

Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality in Kazakhstan, but a shortage of radiologists made it difficult for hospitals to screen for the disease effectively.

Lenovo Solution

The Ministry of Healthcare deployed an HCI solution powered by 14 Lenovo ThinkAgile HX5520 nodes, enabling it to create a central repository to store and analyze radiological images.

Business Impact

The new solution accelerates screening programs by a factor of three, enabling 10x faster breast cancer diagnosis and a 35% increase in early detection.

“Our achievements include a 375% increase in early detection of pathologies and a 35% increase in early detection of cancer, resulting in improved quality of life for patients and increased treatment effectiveness.”

Spokesperson, Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Results

• ·       3 million radiological images analyzed
• ·       10x faster breast cancer diagnosis
• ·       35% increase in early cancer detection