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Cancer Screening
The Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP)
The Ontario Breast Screening Program is a provincial program for women aged 50
and over. Its mandate is to reduce morbidity and mortality from breast cancer
through the early detection of disease by screening 70% of the eligible
population.
Screening reduces deaths from breast cancer. In October of 2004, Cancer Care
Ontario reported that breast cancer mortality rates in Ontario women aged 50 to
69 decreased 29% between 1989 and 2002. This dramatic decrease is attributed to
increases in the number of women attending breast screening and improvements in
treatment.
Regular breast screening can find cancers early, when they are small and less
likely to have spread. Three quarters of the women diagnosed with cancer
following Ontario Breast Screening Program screening have small cancers that
have not spread to the lymph nodes.
Since 1990, many Ontario women have benefited from the Ontario Breast Screening
Program. To date (October 2004), the program has screened over half a million
women. There are over 100 sites across the province plus a mobile coach that
travels to 29 communities in remote areas of Northwestern Ontario.
For more information about the Ontario Breast Screening Program and the sites
closest to your community, click on
www.cancercare.on.ca/obsp
Ontario Breast Screening Program Contacts within Southeastern Ontario:
For more information about the Ontario Breast Screening Program, to book a
speaker, or to obtain promotional materials and other brochures, contact:
The Ontario Breast Screening Program-Kingston Centre:
Tel: (613) 384-4284
Toll: 1 (800) 465-8850
Fax: (613) 384-8645
Brenda Bass – Regional Administrator, Ontario Breast Screening Program-Southeast
Region,
email: bbass@kgh.kari.net
Dr. Hugh Langley – Medical Co-ordinator, Ontario Breast Screening
Program-Southeast Region,
email: hlangley@kgh.kari.net
Dr. Doris Jabs – Radiology Co-ordinator, Ontario Breast Screening Program-
Southeast Region,
email: djabs@kgh.kari.net
The Ontario Cervical Cancer Screening Program (OCSP)
Click on www.cancercare.on.ca
and look under the heading “Screening” for more information about resources
available through the Ontario Cervical Screening Program.
While the Ontario Cervical Screening Program does not provide clinical services
in the same way that the Ontario Breast Screening Program provides mammography
services, it is a program designed to promote awareness of cervical screening,
to conduct research and to disseminate information across the province.
In addition to the information and promotions provided through the Ontario
Cervical Screening Program, there are several organizational partnerships in
Southeastern Ontario providing cervical screening to underserved populations.
To find out about a clinic close to you, please contact: M. DeJonge, Hastings
Prince Edward Health Unit (1-800-267-2803); D. Vine, Kingston Public Health
(613-549-1232); Tawnya Boileau, Leeds Grenville Lanark District Health Unit
(613-345-5685).
The Ontario Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Project
The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care is currently funding a screening pilot
project using FOBT (Fecal Occult Blood Test), the goal of which is to inform
the development of a colorectal cancer screening program in Ontario. For more
information click on www.cancercare.on.ca
and look under the heading “Screening”.
Research in Preventive Oncology
For more information about prevention and screening, to log on to related
websites and for specific information about research in preventive oncology,
click on www.cancercare.on.ca
and look under the heading “Prevention”.
Cancer Genetics
In 1995, Cancer Care Ontario established the Ontario Cancer Genetics Network to
promote research into genetic predisposition to cancer and to translate this
research into testing and counseling services for at-risk individuals. For more
information about the Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, phone Cancer Care
Ontario at 416-971-9800.
For information about the Familial Cancer Program at the Regional Cancer
Centre of Southeastern Ontario at 25 King St. West , Kingston, ON K7P 2N7, call
(613)-544-2631 or fax at (613) 544-9708.
Environmental and Occupational Health Links
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
This website provides information and advice about workplace health and safety.
Health Canada – Environmental Health
Health Canada’s website provides information about the federal government’s
programs and is a resource to investigate the link between human health and
environmental health.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
The International for Research on Cancer is a part of the World Health
Organization. It coordinates and conducts laboratory and epidemiological
research on the causes of human cancer. The website contains information
regarding the classification of substances based on their carcinogenicity.
Cancer Care Ontario also provides links to studies relating to occupational and
environmental carcinogens. Click on
www.cancercare.on.ca and look under the heading “Prevention”.
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