Brazil Expands Local Breast Cancer Screening as INCA Projects 73,610 Cases in 2025

Overview

• Maricá reports more than 13,000 mammograms through SUS from January to September 2025 and says it eliminated the public waiting list by activating its CDT unit, mobile services and partner clinics.
• Itaguaí runs prevention and support initiatives with free exams, a municipal mammograph at Unidade Vila Geny, specialist follow-up via CEMES and SISREG, and community efforts such as the Lenço Solidário drive.
• São Paulo state data show SUS hospital procedures for breast cancer in the Vale do Paraíba rose 29% from 2022 to 2024, with counts of 1,286 (2022), 1,721 (2023), 1,655 (2024) and 983 for January–August 2025.
• Health ministry and INCA figures record more than 20,000 deaths in 2023, with higher concentration in the South, Southeast and Northeast and a noted decline in mortality among women aged 40 to 49.
• INCA identifies breast cancer as the most common malignancy among Brazilian women, accounting for about a quarter of female tumors.