Overview

• Peru’s Liga Contra el Cáncer is offering free mobile mammography and screening across Lima’s peripheral districts throughout October under the campaign “Hazte un chequeo anual de cáncer de mama, con miedo, pero hazlo.”
• The push responds to persistent gaps in detection in Peru, where only 14.6% of at‑risk women receive periodic mammograms and breast cancer accounts for about 7,100 new cases and more than 2,200 deaths annually.
• Argentina’s LALCEC launched the national drive “No te cuides a medias,” providing pink or blue socks to donors as it raises funds for free early detection tests for people without medical coverage and patient support at its Aráoz 2380 center.
• Experts in Argentina note breast cancer causes over 5,700 deaths each year, 75% of diagnoses occur without a direct family history, and early detection is highly curable, with mammography recommended from age 40 or earlier with risk factors.
• For prostate cancer, specialists advise annual urological checks from about age 50 or earlier with risk factors, citing over 11,600 diagnoses a year in Argentina, detection rates above 90% using PSA plus rectal exam, and a WHO projection of regional cases doubling by 2030.