Overview

• New diagnoses among IKK Südwest members rose 14.4% in Rhineland-Palatinate, 13.3% in Saarland, and 12.5% in Hesse between 2021 and 2024.
• The insurer also reports more cases in women under 40, with diagnoses up by a little over 20% in its analysis.
• Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women, with roughly 70,000 diagnoses a year nationwide according to the Robert Koch Institute.
• October awareness efforts include landmark lightings and appeals from Austria’s Krebshilfe Steiermark, which says early detection offers about an 80% chance of cure.
• Campaign messaging highlights mammography as the most precise early-detection tool, with advice to screen from age 40 every two years and reassurance that radiation exposure is low.