Overview

• Spain’s Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer unveiled its nationwide “Nos lo tomamos a pecho” campaign, centering on what it means to live with breast cancer beyond treatment through patient and family testimonies.
• Recent figures cited in the rollout report nearly 36,000 diagnoses in Spain in 2024, about 24% in women under 50, with five‑year survival around 85–85.5% driven by earlier detection and better therapies.
• Andalucía began individually calling roughly 2,000 women flagged with nonconclusive screening results after acknowledging communication errors, adding an information call to protocol and pledging all will be briefed within a week; Spain’s health minister requested regional prevention data following the disclosures.
• AECC Observatorio data highlight survivorship pressures, with nearly 65% fearing recurrence, over half worried about body image, sexual health disruptions common, and one in four reporting economic strain.
• October screening drives expanded access across the region, including up to 1,200 free mammograms with FUCAM in Coyoacán, 10,000 at no cost from Salud Digna, and mobile units from Peru’s Liga Contra el Cáncer targeting areas where only 14.6% of at‑risk women get periodic mammograms.