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Mobile Mammography Unit Murciano Health Service conducts more than 3,000 tests lorquinas women aged between 45 and 69 years, the sector most sensitive population.
The Councillor for Health in the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, along with the President of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, Magdalena Lopez, this morning visited the mobile mammography unit Murciano Health Service since last 11 March is testing prevention for breast cancer screening to which calls are more than 3,000 over 50 years lorquinas women.
It is an action included in the protocol established for this purpose by the Ministry of Health
The mayor of Health explained that the Program Breast Cancer Prevention is an initiative of the health authorities of the Region.
Its main objective is to prevent the development of this disease and to this end, it promotes and facilitates mammograms murcianas all aged between 50 and 69 years.
Mammograms regularly is the most effective way to avoid this serious problem.
A simple test that gives us tranquility, security and, in the worst case, the possibility of early treatment with the best guarantees.
If you are between 50 and 69 it is indicated you a mammogram every two years.
It is a rapid test that just causes discomfort and is free.
In addition, hacérsela is as easy as going to the appointment you have scheduled or ask a new one in your Health Center.
There they show you where and when to go.
Jódar Ruiz said that breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the leading cause of cancer mortality in a given age segment of the female population.
That is why the Ministry of Health of the Region of Murcia launched at the end of 1994 the program for the prevention of breast cancer.
Your goal is early detection of the disease in early stages when it is still possible to apply treatments, if not curative, if less aggressive resulting in a better quality of life of women affected.
Regular mammography is the most effective way to avoid this serious problem.
Since SMS is also working on the prevention of colon and rectal cancer, with the development of a special protocol for men over 65, who undergo a colonoscopy to establish a health monitoring.
Breast cancer is a disease of special significance for women.
For its gravity and the significant impact of psychological, family and social development that has this ailment.
Today it is one of the diseases that most concern to health authorities for several reasons:
• Because it is the most common type of cancer that women may have.
• Because the risk of autism increases with age.
The critical period for detection and development is between 50 and 69 years.
• Because it has a significant impact on quality of life, self-image and psychological well-being of the woman who suffers it.
• Because your family life is affected dramatically.
• For in Spain, and specifically in the region of Murcia, breast cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women.
The origin of this disease is in the appearance, for reasons that are not fully known, of malignant tumors in the breast.
If not detected early, the disease can progress and these tumors spread to other body organs, such as lung, bone or brain.
To avoid this, today we have treatments that offer better results every time, but depend largely that the problem is detected early.
Preventive interventions aim to address this process from the outset.
And for that, early detection is a fundamental weapon.
The sooner you know the existence of a problem, the more likely we will have to face it successfully.
For this reason, aware of the magnitude of this problem and with the aim of reducing mortality and improving quality of life of women in the region, health authorities have promoted the development of prevention programs.
Through a simple chest X-ray, called a mammogram, it can detect if there is evidence of an internal tumor growth.
If you are between 50 and 69 years and do not do mammograms on a regular basis you are running a great risk and ignoring the possibility of early treatment to heal yourself.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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