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The councilman of Health, Matilde Gloria Knight, Councillor for Social Policy, M ª Angeles Tunisia, and the president of the Spanish Association against Cancer, Ana Maria Cerrillo accompanied by members of the association lumbrerense and other associations have presented this morning at the headquarters of the AECC, located in the Social Center of Camino Real, the activities under the campaign carried out on the occasion of World Breast Cancer to be held in Puerto Lumbreras in the coming days, in collaboration with the Ministry Health of the Region of Murcia.
Activities aimed at the female population with the aim of promoting actions of information and advice about the disease and its early detection, will begin this evening with a lecture by Dr. Frances Manchon, matron of the Health Center of Puerto Lumbreras, which take place at the Cultural Centre from 18:00.
The next Sunday, October 19 World Day for Breast Cancer will take place at 10:00 am at the Plaza of the Constitution to read a manifesto and the European Code Against Cancer to promote the need for lifestyle and programs appropriate health education for both men and women.
After reading the manifesto, members of the AECC, distributed among all attendees shirts and pink ribbons, a hallmark of this disease considered second leading cause of female mortality after cardiovascular diseases.
Thus, according to Councillor for Health, 'the awareness campaigns are very important to call attention to a female and male population who see this disease distant to their lives.
Early diagnosis allows an extension of 10 years of life in 90 percent of cases, while only 2 percent is when the diagnosis is made at a late stage. "
On the morning of Sunday will also lead a march on foot from the Plaza of the Constitution to the Church of Our Lady of Rosario of Puerto Lumbreras to all persons present to claim the union of the neighbors with this serious disease.
It should also be noted that breast self-examination is sufficient to identify a malignant tumor but remains a preventive approach, not being sufficient to identify self-examination for breast cancer, so lumbrerenses more than 400 women from 50 to 69 years go through prevention program launched by the Department of Health, about regular check-ups by appointment at the AECC caravan to visit the town twice a year for mammograms because so far, is the only way to identify precision changes in breast tissue are difficult to detect by palpation.
The AECC also assists women and men 45 to 50 who arranges meeting with them in groups of 20 persons and facilitates their transport to carry out periodic reviews.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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