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World Breast Cancer Day Puts Early Detection in Focus as New Data Expose Gaps

New data expose severe knowledge gaps, with late diagnoses prompting expanded free screenings.

El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez
Bel Olucha, Margarita Lozano, María Xamena, Aina Mercadal, Apol.lònia Bordoy, Pilar Garaña y Luis Brunet.
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Alejandro Fernández, del PP, en primer plano.

Overview

  • An Argentine awareness index from Fundación Instituto Natura and Avon finds only 4 in 10 women sufficiently informed on breast health, with many unsure of mammography’s role or when to start screening.
  • In Mexico, official figures show up to 90% of cases are detected at advanced stages and provisional data indicate 8,451 deaths in 2024, up from 8,034 in 2023.
  • Civil-society drives intensify: Mexico City’s ‘Mi lucha es rosa’ race on Oct. 19 raises funds for an ultrasonograph for the Tláhuac breast clinic, while FUCAM offers 50 free mammograms.
  • Local initiatives expand access, including a mobile mammography unit providing free studies in Rosarito on Oct. 19, alongside broader campaigns encouraging checkups and self-exams.
  • In Spain, the AECC urges transparent, independently evaluated screening programs, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez backs agile prevention and screening as essential to earlier diagnoses.