Dr. Patricia Gordon, CureCervicalCancer

CNN Heroes 2021 campaign

 

Radiation oncologist Dr. Patricia Gordon left her Beverly Hills practice to bring life-saving medical care to women in some of the most remote regions across the globe. Cervical cancer is almost 100% preventable, but is killing hundreds of thousands of women in resource-poor countries where healthcare is not accessible. Using the “See and Treat” method, a simple and fast way to screen and treat precervical cancer, Gordon and her nonprofit CureCervicalCancer have screened more than 150,000 women and treated more than 8,600. She has established 106 sustainable clinics and trained nearly 700 nurses all over the world. Often, Gordon and her team bring in equipment and supplies and leave trained nurses with a “clinic in a suitcase” to take to remote areas to reach more women.

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How Your Gift Helps

$25
Screens 5 women with “See & Treat”

$100
Purchases 4 bright headlamps to aid in visualization of the cervix

$250
Equips 25 Community Health Volunteer with educational toolkits

$1,000
Provides a clinic with 500 vaginal specula for visualizing precancerous lesions

$2,500
Purchases a complete thermal ablation treatment system for treatment of precancerous lesions

$10,000 
Establishes a “See & Treat” clinic at a community hospital and sustains clinic activity for one year

$25,000
Establishes a “See & Treat” clinic at a major hospital and sustains clinic activity for one year

$75,000
Trains and certifies a group of local healthcare professionals in “See & Treat” in a high-impact training that doubles as a free mass community screening