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Description
The University of Kentucky Ovarian Cancer Screening Program provided free
sonographic screening to 15537 Kentucky women during the present year. Since its
beginning in 1987, this program has screened over 42,500 new patients, provided
251, 134 free screens and has follow-up data on 242, 714 screening years. In addition,
the program has provided educational materials concerning the signs and symptoms
of ovarian cancer to all participants. To date, we have detected 85 malignancies in
women who were entirely symptom free. Most important, the 5-year survival of
women whose ovarian cancer was detected by screening is 85% per cent or about
twice as high as that of women who did not have screening.
During the present year, we have maintained outreach screening at five sites -
Elizabethtown, Prestonsburg, Maysville, Somerset, and Paducah. Space for screening
at these sites has been provided by the Hardin, Floyd, Mason, Pulaski, and McCracken
County Health Departments. The personnel required to perform screening has been
provided by this program. Outreach screening is provided five times per month at
Hardin County, six times per month at McCracken County, four times per month at
Pulaski County, two times per month at Floyd County, and twice monthly at Mason
County. This program employs 5 full-time ultrasound sonographers who perform
screening, and one project coordinator for screening at the five outreach sites. The
Medical Director of the University of Kentucky Ovarian Cancer Screening Program is
John R. van Nagell, M.D and the Research Director is Edward Pavlik, Ph.D
We have provided an educational program for Ultrasound Student Technicians
concerning early detection of ovarian tumors, and ten students have successfully
completed the program. It is estimated that we will provide training for 3 ultrasound
students this year. Likewise, we are providing screening ultrasound education and
training to all physicians in the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program at the
University of Kentucky. This program is 3 years in length and provides subspecialty
training to physician specialists in women's cancer care.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/14 → 6/30/16 |
Funding
- KY Council on Postsecondary Education: $1,600,000.00
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