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Breast
 The
Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP)
The OBSP 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 OBSP screening have
small cancers that have not spread to the lymph nodes.
Since 1990, many Ontario women have benefited from the OBSP.
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, visit
www.cancercare.on.ca/obsp .
OBSP 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 OBSP-Kingston Centre
Tel: (613) 384-4284
Toll: 1 (800) 465-8850
Fax: (613) 384-8645
Brenda Bass
Regional Administrator, OBSP-Southeast Region,
email: bbass@kgh.kari.net
Dr. Hugh Langley
Medical Co-ordinator, OBSP-Southeast Region,
email: hlangley@kgh.kari.net
Dr. Doris Jabs
Radiology Co-ordinator, OBSP- Southeast Region,
email: djabs@kgh.kari.ne
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