about our clinics

Oklahoma Project Woman partners with more than 200 clinics and has contracts with more than 60 breast centers/hospitals for procedures – mammograms through any diagnostics or surgeries needed.

Our program is provided at no cost through the generosity of countless individuals, corporations and foundations across our state.

We serve Oklahoma residents – women and men – of all ages. If under 4o years of age, they must have a recommendation from their provider.

Clinics are the access points into our program and are the patient’s medical home. A complete list can be found under the GET HELP tab of our website.

HOW IT WORKS:

Step 1 -The patient makes an appointment with one of our partner clinics.

Step 2 – The clinic issues a voucher redeemable for a mammogram at any participating hospital or breast center. It follows them for any other breast healthcare that might be necessary.

If a patient has abnormal findings on their initial imaging, we connect the patient to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (a state and federally funded program) that pays for any treatment needed after surgery, such as chemotherapy and radiation.

From 1998 through 2025, OPW provided access to care for more than 100,000 uninsured Oklahomans. 1,008 patients have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

American Cancer Society recommends:

• Yearly mammograms starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health.
• Clinical breast exam (CBE) as part of periodic health exams, about every 3 years for women in their 20s and 30s and every year for women 40 and over.
• Women know how their breasts normally feel and report any breast change promptly to their health care providers. Breast self-exam (BSE) is an option for women starting in their 20s.
• Women at high risk (greater than 20% lifetime risk) get an MRI and a mammogram every year.
• Women at moderately increased risk (15% to 20% lifetime risk) talk with their doctors about the benefits and limitations of adding MRI screening to their yearly mammogram; yearly MRI screening is not recommended for women whose lifetime risk of breast cancer is less than 15%.