During breast cancer awareness month, free mammograms and screening tests to detect the disease will be offered in eleven points in the state of São Paulo until December by the NGO Américas Amigas.
The action began last Friday (27) and the health services will be aimed at people in social vulnerability, from 40 years of age onwards, the range indicated for screening the disease — tests that look for changes — which allows cancer to be diagnosed early.
THE Chance of cure is up to 95% when breast cancer is diagnosed early according to experts and medical entities. According to the National Cancer Institute (Inca), breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in Brazil.
Of the total number of breast cancer cases diagnosed by Américas Amigas, 33% are under 50 years of age and 18% are over 70 years of age, which means that 51% are outside the age range served by public services, which is 50 to 69. years.
The campaign takes place through the organization’s mobile unit, which is equipped with a mammography, ultrasound and examination film printer. Results are delivered within 2 hours after completion.
See the mobile unit’s itinerary:
- Vila Prudente and in Heliópolis (until September 29th)
- Guarapiranga (from October 2nd to 6th)
- Grajaú (October 9th to 13th)
- SESC Interlagos (October 15th to 20th)
- Mauá (October 23 to 27)
- São Bernardo do Campo (October 30th to November 3rd)
- Suzano (November 6th to 10th)
- Itaquaquecetuba (November 13th to 17th)
- Guaratinguetá (November 27th to 30th)
- São Sebastião (December 2nd to 6th)
Services take place from 8 am to 4 pm and interested people must register via Américas Amigas website. The organization operates throughout the
Brazil and throughout the year, through our own initiatives and in partnership with other social organizations and charitable institutions.
In the Pink October 2023 campaign, Américas Amigas’ action in a mobile unit served 4,446 people in twelve locations in the state of São Paulo.
The Pink October 2024 campaign action by Américas Amigas is sponsored by AstraZeneca, BB Seguros, Daiichi Sankyo, Monange, Natural One and Raia Drogasil; support from the Patrocínio Cancer Hospital, Instituto Projeto Cura, Instituto Verdescola, and Orientavida, in addition to partner social organizations where the services will be provided.
This content was originally published in Pink October: NGO offers free exams to vulnerable populations on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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