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The mayor of Lorquí, Dolores Garcia Villa, the Councillor for Health, Juana Maria Marin, president of the Local Board of Lorquí AACC, Antonia Josefa López, visited in the morning on Friday 5 November, the mobile unit to prevent breast cancer, from Monday 4 to Nov. 17 will be located in the local town hall square.
Thus, this unit will perform mammograms to 527 women referred between 50 and 69 years included in this program and have received the relevant summons by mail at home.
This proposal is part of the usual campaign for breast cancer prevention directed at local women each year organizes the local Health Department, in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and the Ministry of Health, Government Regional.
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As a rule, these tests have a thorough medical examination, including the delivery of mammography, to determine their state of health in order to act in time in case of illness.
Overall, since 2009, this campaign is being conducted on an annual basis (previously carried out every two years) and that the participation rate among women in the 2008-09 biennium Lorquí was 81'5% above the regional average (69'1%).
"The objectives of screening is to reduce mortality from this disease and improve quality of life of women who suffer," said Councilwoman ilorcitana the area, Juana Maria Marin, who has encouraged women in the municipality " do not let this opportunity is primarily a work of prevention. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí
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