Leo Cancer Care and GE HealthCare Advance Radiation Therapy

MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, Aug 28, 2026

Connecting Imaging and Radiation Treatment Workflows

Radiation oncology frequently involves multiple systems and technology platforms across imaging, treatment planning, and radiation delivery. According to the companies, these multivendor environments can contribute to interoperability challenges, fragmented workflows, infrastructure complexity, and delays between imaging and treatment. The collaboration will explore how GE HealthCare’s iRT software could connect information, applications, and workflows with Leo Cancer Care’s future upright radiation therapy solution. GE HealthCare’s iRT is an AI-supported software solution designed to connect radiation therapy workflows, with the goal of streamlining complex processes and helping clinical teams move patients more efficiently through the radiation therapy pathway. The companies intend to examine how greater connectivity could reduce workflow burden for clinicians while supporting a more coordinated experience from simulation and imaging to treatment.

Upright Radiation Therapy Supports New Approach

A central element of the collaboration is Leo Cancer Care’s focus on upright radiation therapy, an approach designed around treating patients in an upright position rather than exclusively in conventional horizontal treatment positions. The company believes its technology could contribute to a different treatment workflow and patient experience while complementing modern imaging and radiation therapy systems. Through the commercial collaboration, Leo Cancer Care and GE HealthCare plan to investigate how upright treatment technology can work within a broader connected radiation oncology ecosystem. Importantly, the agreement is non-exclusive, allowing both companies to continue working with other organizations across the radiation oncology sector. This approach is intended to support interoperability and complement existing clinical infrastructure rather than require healthcare providers to replace established systems.

Collaboration Targets Patient-Centered Cancer Care

The companies said the collaboration addresses several long-standing challenges in radiation oncology, including patient experience, access to advanced technology, treatment infrastructure costs, system interoperability, and the time between imaging and treatment initiation. By exploring connected workflows, the collaboration could potentially support more coordinated movement of clinical information across different stages of radiation therapy. Ben Newton, Global Head of Oncology at GE HealthCare, said connecting imaging, planning, and treatment could create opportunities for a more patient-centered radiation therapy model and help simplify clinical workflows. Stephen Towe, Chief Executive Officer of Leo Cancer Care, said GE HealthCare’s participation reflects growing recognition of the potential of upright radiation therapy within the wider radiation oncology industry. The collaboration represents a broader industry movement toward connected cancer care technologies, in which imaging, software, treatment planning, and radiation delivery systems are increasingly designed to communicate across clinical environments. For healthcare providers, improved connectivity may help reduce repetitive manual processes and support more consistent information flow between different stages of patient care. For radiation oncology teams, integration between advanced imaging and treatment technologies could be particularly relevant as treatment pathways become more sophisticated and multidisciplinary. For Leo Cancer Care, the collaboration provides an opportunity to explore how its future upright radiation therapy platform can integrate with established imaging and software technologies. For GE HealthCare, the collaboration expands exploration of how its iRT software and advanced imaging solutions can support emerging treatment approaches within radiation oncology. While the agreement does not indicate that a fully integrated commercial system is currently available, the companies intend to work together to evaluate potential connected workflows and opportunities for future implementation. The collaboration therefore marks a significant development in the effort to create more interoperable, streamlined, and patient-centered radiation therapy workflows.

Source: Leo Cancer Care press release