Million Women Breast Cancer Screening Project Study Site
As part of the American Cancer Society's China Initiative, and in continuation of the Society’s collaboration with the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) on the One Million Women Breast Cancer Screening Project, a team of medical physicists and epidemiologists visited three sites in China during the week of April 10, 2006. Society volunteers included Dr. Edward Hendrick of Northwestern University in Chicago, Dr. Martin Yaffe of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Stephen Duffy from Cancer Research UK in London, England, and Dr. Tony Chen of National Taiwan University in Taipei. Dr. Robert Smith, Director of Cancer Screening at the Society, led the delegation. Hospitals in Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province, Taiyuan in the Shanxi Province, and the capital city of Beijing were on the tour, and a thorough quality assurance consultation was conducted on the state-of-the-art computed radiology (CR) mammography equipment used at all three of these study sites. These sites represent a sample of the 17 study sites in China. Another 20 sites are being prepared for inclusion in the study, and more than 100 breast cancer screening sites are expected to eventually join the project. American Cancer Society medical physicists conducted tests on the CR equipment, and Society epidemiologists consulted with colleagues on study design, data collection techniques, and analytic methodology. The Society is consulting with CACA in an ongoing collaboration to ensure the best quality breast cancer screening and medical care for Chinese women. Results of the project are expected to establish China's national breast cancer screening guidelines.
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