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October Breast Cancer Push Widens as New Data, Emergency Fixes and Investments Target Gaps

Officials pair data releases with corrective plans plus new capacity to speed earlier detection.

Overview

  • Peru’s Health Ministry reported 45,033 cancer diagnoses so far in 2025, including 8,843 breast cancers, and launched a nationwide free screening campaign running through October.
  • Andalusia moved to clear breast‑screening failures with a €12 million plan to recheck 2,000 affected patients by Nov. 30 and add 119 staff, a step backed by the regional oncologists’ society.
  • Mexico’s screening shortfall persists with mammography coverage near 20% and roughly three machines per 100,000 women versus the WHO’s recommendation of seven, researchers at the INSP warned.
  • Michoacán highlighted new capacity with mobile mammography units and hospital upgrades, including a linear accelerator and PET‑CT, with officials saying radiotherapy throughput will rise and waiting lists end.
  • Nuevo León said its universal breast‑cancer coverage program has served about 1,730 women since April 2022 and reported a mortality rate of 23.6 deaths per 100,000 women over 25, the lowest in a decade.