Overview

• The Health Ministry now recommends guaranteed access to mammography for women aged 40 to 49 without symptoms, with shared decision-making, and says prior rules that hindered access will be revoked.
• Biennial population screening is extended to women aged 50 to 74, with individualized decisions for those over 74 based on comorbidities and life expectancy.
• Twenty-seven mobile women's health units will operate in 22 states starting in October, targeting up to 120,000 visits with R$18 million in funding after pilots in Goiânia.
• SUS is acquiring 60 stereotactic biopsy kits with 2D and 3D imaging to improve diagnostic precision and reduce repeat procedures.
• From October, SUS will incorporate therapies including trastuzumabe entansina and CDK4/6 inhibitors under a new breast-cancer clinical protocol, alongside expanded neoadjuvant use and R$100 million for related research with CNPq.