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.