For eligible women, Early Detection Works offers the following services:
Free Breast Cancer Screenings:
- Annual clinical breast exams performed by a
nurse or physician
for women age 40-64
- Annual mammograms for women age 40-64
Free Cervical Cancer Screenings:
- Annual pelvic exams and Pap tests for women
ages 40-64
- After 3 years in a row of normal Pap tests
the program pays for screening every 3 years
* Limited services are available for uninsured women under the age of 40 who have symptoms of breast or cervical cancer. To see if you qualify, call 1-877-277-1368. Women must be symptomatic to qualify for services. Services are provided through limited state funds.
* Mammograms provided to women 40-49 are paid through grants from Susan G. Komen for the cure Mid-Kansas and Greater Kansas City Affiliates. All other services are paid through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Cooperative Agreement # DPO 797.
Online EDW Training: 
Are you new to the Early Detection Works Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program or need a refresher course about the Program? Please check out the online course “Early Detection Works: Kansas Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program” via KS-TRAIN at http://ks.train.org, course # 1020117. The course will provide essential information needed to understand breast and cervical cancer screening, as well as the ins and outs of how the program works.
FREE continuing nursing education credits will be provided to those nurses who complete the course. The KDHE Children & Family Section is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.5 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Provider Number: LT 0252-0972.
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