Overview
- Argentina’s Buenos Aires province now recommends a first mammogram at 40 with annual screening to 75, a shift backed by national oncology societies, alongside 12 newly installed public units for a total of 187 mammographs.
- In Mexico, breast cancer leads female cancer deaths with 23,790 new cases and 7,838 deaths in 2022, and more than 70% of cases are found late as equipment and trained staff remain scarce.
- Peru reports a roughly 60% rise in cases over a decade with more than 8,000 diagnoses and around 2,000 deaths annually, while only 21.7% of women 40–69 had a mammogram last year and the public system has just 126 operational units.
- Experts highlight a growing share of younger patients in their 20s to 40s and stress that early detection can push survival above 90%, with IARC noting large projected case increases and sizable economic benefits from earlier diagnosis.
- October campaigns are expanding access: Issue and Mamotest are funding free mammograms in northern Argentina, Soriana Fundación and Procter & Gamble are backing a new women’s clinic and 150 diagnostic scholarships in Mexico, and hospitals are adding no-cost screening slots.