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Detecting Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer Early Using Genomics (DOvEEgene)

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Generating solutions

Status

Active

Competition

Genomic Applications Partnership Program

Genome Centre(s)

GE3LS

No

Project Leader(s)

Fiscal Year Project Launched

2019-2020

Project Description

Ovarian and endometrial cancer-related deaths are within the top four causes of cancer deaths in North American women. Because of the lack of symptoms in early stage, these cancers continue to be diagnosed in Stage III/IV with metastasis outside the gynecologic organs making cure unlikely. The project will develop DOvEEgene, a genomic uterine pap test that aims to screen and detect these cancers while they are confined to the gynecologic organs and curable. The test will use next generation sequencing to interrogate 23 genes involved in the development of sporadic and hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancers in women between 45-70 years. Currently the direct costs of treating the 10,000 Canadian women diagnosed with these cancers every year is over $1 billion. It is expected that with DOvEEgene and diagnosis in earlier stages these expenditures could be decreased by up to $250 million per year.

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